New Delhi

Sajeeb Wajed Joy, son of the former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that her mother had no plans yet to leave India.

He told the German News Agency Deutsche Welle that she decided to resign a day earlier but not announce it.

Responding to a question about leadership in the Awami League, Joy, "For the third time, our family has faced a coup. For the third time, we had to live abroad, losing everything. Except for my mother and me, all of us have been abroad for a long time. We are settled here. We have no difficulties in life here. We are accustomed to living here."

He said that Hasina has no plans to shift out of India.

He said, "Sheikh Hasina is well and now in Delhi. My sister is with her. My sister lives in Delhi… She is well, but very upset."

On his mother, Joy said, "She is saddened that her father gave his life for the country, and the entire family lost their lives. The country for which she was imprisoned, worked so hard and made so much progress, that the people of this country would insult her in this way, expel her, and go on to attack her was something none of us could have imagined.”

He said, "She had made the decision a day earlier. Only a few of us knew that she would announce she was resigning and that she planned a smooth transition of power according to the constitution. However, when they (protesters) began marching towards Ganabhaban, we said out of fear that there was no more time. You have to leave now.”

In Delhi, External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar told the meeting of political leaders that Sheikh Hasina was in a state of shock and the Indian government was giving her time to recover before it spoke to her over various issues, including her plans.

Briefing political party leaders in Parliament House, including Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, S Jaishankar said New Delhi has spoken to the chief of Bangladesh Army to ensure the safety of over 10,000 Indian students in the country.

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