BNP leader Shamsuzzaman Dudu has accused Sheikh Hasina of conspiring from India to destabilize Bangladesh and obstruct elections, suggesting that she seeks a covert return to the country.

“Her plot will not succeed,” Dudu said, adding that steering the country toward elections would foil all conspiracies and restore normalcy by returning voting rights to the people.

He alleged that Hasina clung to power for 16 years through force, and claimed her associates siphoned off the nation’s wealth, leaving banks empty.