Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- BNP Acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday questioned whether ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina would return to Bangladesh accompanied by Indian Prime Minister Barendra Modi, who he said had given her shelter in India.

He said, "We are occasionally hearing the sounds of crude bombs and firecrackers from alleys and different intersections. There is a 'cockroach movement' in Delhi. The prime minister of that country has given shelter to Hasina. Sheikh Hasina has said she will return in December."

"Now, the question is whether she will enter Bangladesh accompanied by the person who gave her shelter, and whether these firecrackers are being set off to celebrate that possibility. This is what people ar...