DHAKA: Bangladesh chief adviser Muhammad Yunus has said India will probably continue hosting former PM Sheikh Hasina if given a "free choice", while claiming that "some external forces" want her to come back, days after New Delhi asserted that matters related to the Awami League leader are "legal" in nature and require "consultations" between both nations. The Nobel laureate also stressed that the interim govt - formed after Hasina's ouster last year following massive protests - is "very alert" about communal harmony, as he dismissed as "fake news" reports of attacks against the minority Hindu community in his country. Yunus said that his message to them, when he meets the community's leaders, "is don't go back and say, 'I'm a Hindu, so protect me'... always say, 'I'm a citizen of this c
Yunus: Given a choice, India will continue to host Hasina

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