Bangladesh's longtime leader Sheikh Hasina had not yet stepped down as prime minister when she fled to India this week as anti-government protesters closed in on her official residence, her son and adviser told Reuters on Saturday morning.
Bangladesh Crisis: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina Was Not Given Time to Step Down, Says Son | WION
Hasina had been in New Delhi since Monday following an uprising that left about 300 people dead, many of them students, ending her 15-year uninterrupted rule in the country of 170 million people.
"My mother never officially resigned. She was not given the time," Hasina's son Sajeeb Wazed told Reuters from Washington.
"She had planned to make a statement and resign. But then the protesters started marching to the Prime Minister's residence. And there was no time. My mother hadn't even packed. As far as the constitution is concerned, she is still the Prime Minister of Bangladesh."
