New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- Following former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's dramatic virtual address announcing her planned return to Bangladesh in December, senior Awami League leader and former Education Minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury Nowfel on Wednesday asserted that the party will aggressively resume its political activities despite ongoing bans and official restrictions.

Speaking exclusively to ANI on the sidelines of a Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia (FCCSouthAsia) event in New Delhi, Nowfel emphasised that the party is well-versed in surviving political persecution.

"Awami League has faced worse challenges than this. Awami League was banned by military governments in the past, during the Pakistan time and also a...