Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will return to Bangladesh in December, and those dismissing the possibility of her political comeback may be seriously underestimating the strength of her political base, according to Supreme Court lawyer Advocate Mohsen Rashid.

In an exclusive interview with Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, Editor Blitz, Mohsen Rashid made the striking prediction that Sheikh Hasina would return to Bangladesh and argued that the political consequences of her return could be far-reaching.

“I can write it on stone — she is coming in December”, Rashid said during the interview, stressing that he regarded her return as a certainty rather than a remote political possibility.

His prediction comes at a particularly significant moment. Sheikh Hasina herself has publicly announced that she intends to return to Bangladesh in December 2026 after more than two years in India. In a statement reported by international media, she said she was prepared to face arrest or imprisonment upon returning.

The convergence between Hasina’s own declaration and Advocate Mohsen Rashid’s prediction has therefore transformed the question of her return from a matter of political speculation into one of the most consequential issues facing Bangladesh.

A major part of Mohsen Rashid’s argument concerns the constitutional and legal circumstances surrounding the events of August 5, 2024.

He disputed the description of Sheikh Hasina as simply a fugitive former prime minister, arguing that she was taken out of Bangladesh while still holding the office of prime minister and that the circumstances surrounding the transfer of power require serious constitutional scrutiny.

Rashid also challenged the legal foundation of the interim administration established after Hasina’s departure. He argued that Bangladesh’s Constitution did not contain an operative provision specifically establishing the position of “Chief Adviser” of an interim government in the circumstances that emerged in August 2024.

He further questioned the use of Article 106 of the Constitution, arguing that the constitutional procedure surrounding a presidential reference to the Supreme Court’s Appellate........

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