Bangladesh election result 2026: What's next for Sheikh Hasina? BNP victory puts Delhi's 'guest' in the eye of the storm
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With Tarique Rahmans BNP winning the 2026 Bangladesh election, the demand for Sheikh Hasina’s extradition from India has intensified. Explore the legal political offense clause and Indias diplomatic dilemma.
As the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Tarique Rahman, wins a landslide victory in the February 2026 general elections, all eyes are on New Delhi. Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been living in a secure "safe house" in India since her ousting in August 2024, now faces an unstable and possibly hostile political climate.
With her party, the Awami League, banned and her rivals holding a mandate, her status as a "Delhi exile" has shifted from a mere diplomatic courtesy to a key issue in Indo-Bangla relations.
Legal pressure on Hasina intensified in November 2025, when a special tribunal in Dhaka sentenced her to death in absentia for "crimes against humanity" during the 2024 student-led uprising.
Formal request: Following the verdict, the interim government, and now the BNP, formally invoked the 2013 India-Bangladesh Extradition Treaty.
BNP’s mandate: Prime Minister-elect Tarique Rahman has characterized Hasina’s presence in India as a "sovereignty issue." He has signaled that his government will actively seek her return through diplomatic means.
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With Tarique Rahmans BNP winning the 2026 Bangladesh election, the demand for Sheikh Hasina’s extradition from India has intensified. Explore the legal political offense clause and Indias diplomatic dilemma.
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