New Delhi, July 10 -- Bangladesh Awami League leader Mohibul Chowdhury on Friday said he and other party leaders, including the ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, are preparing to return to Bangladesh despite anticipating a backlash, noting the alleged weaponisation of extremists in the country.

Speaking to ANI, days after Hasina announced that she, alongside other exiled leaders, intends to return to Bangladesh voluntarily around December, Chowdhury confirmed that he will be among the Awami League leaders returning to Bangladesh alongside the former Prime Minister, noting that the party's immediate priority following their arrival is to secure the release of its detained leaders and have the ban imposed on their party lifte...