Published on : 06 Dec 2025, 8:28 am

New Delhi: Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke on former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's status in India, suggesting “that her continued stay is largely a personal decision influenced by the 'circumstances' that led her to the country.”

Jaishankar said, "She came here in a certain circumstance and I think that circumstance clearly sort of is a factor in what happens to her. But again, that is something in which she has to make up her mind."

Hasina has been in India since August 5 last year, when her 15-year rule ended during the violence that left hundreds of people dead and thousands injured.

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