Reacting to Sheikh Hasina’s remarks about prosecuting members of an interim government, Professor Asif Nazrul said he feels no pressure whatsoever. “She repeatedly says she will return to Bangladesh, and that’s exactly what we want. We have already submitted a request for her extradition,” Nazrul stated. Criticizing Hasina’s activities abroad, he added, “Her activists are under constant threat, yet she enjoys hospitality in another country and recites poetry — behavior unthinkable for a sane individual.” Regarding the formation of an interim government instead of a revolutionary government, Nazrul said, “After Hasina’s fall, there was no serious discussion about the nature of the next government. We were mainly focused on how to remove her. The mass uprising on August 5 had revolutionary elements but did not turn into a full revolution. If Sheikh Hasina had remained in power longer and continued mass killings, a revolution could have been inevitable.”