After landing at the Hindon airbase in Ghaziabad, Sheikh Hasina met India's Chief Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Monday evening. News agency ANI reported this. Doval will brief Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on the situation. On the other hand, a source was quoted by NDTV as saying that Hasina is likely to leave for London. He can seek political asylum in the UK.
According to sources, the C-130J aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force will be kept near the C-17 and C-130J Super Hercules of the Indian Air Force in Ghaziabad. After leaving Dhaka, Hasina boarded the flight to Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, the sources said. It was first reported that he could fly to London on Monday night. Later, Britain rejected Hasina's request for political asylum. However, there was no official confirmation from the government. However, Hasina is likely to stay in a safe house in Delhi for the next few days.
Bangladesh has been demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Hundreds of people died. Hasina left Bangladesh on Monday afternoon after resigning from the post of Prime Minister. He went to India. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the situation in Afghanistan. The Centre, however, did not say whether Modi would speak to Hasina or not. Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi also spoke separately to the External Affairs Minister on the situation in Bangladesh. This was announced by the Congress.
India and Bangladesh share a 4,096 km long border. A border warning was issued on Monday. Air India has cancelled its Dhaka-bound flight. Train services between India and Bangladesh have been suspended. IndiGo has suspended flights to Bangladesh for the next 30 hours. The airline said it was monitoring the situation. However, the airline has not yet announced the cancellation of the flight. Dhaka's Shahjalal International Airport has been closed for six hours from 6pm on Monday.
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