Mother won't make a political comeback, she was so disappointed, says Sheikh Hasina's son

This is the end of the road of long-time Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina, according to her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.

Weeks of mass-movement climaxed in the deadliest day in the country’s recent history yesterday as nearly 100 people, including more than a dozen police personnel, were killed in nationwide violence. After Bangladesh Army sided with the protestors, Hasina resigned as the premier on Monday and fled for her life. She is expected to seek refuge in London after a stop-over in India.

Now, as Hasina prepares to live out the rest of her days in exile, her son Joy has said her political career is over and she has no intention to making a comeback.

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Joy told BBC that Hasina was “so disappointed that after all her hard work, for a minority to rise up against her”.

The minority is a reference to the Opposition forces led by Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) that took over the student protests and turned the protests against the job quotas into a mass movement against her rule.

Joy further said that Hasina turned around the Bangladesh into an Asian economic power from a failing state.

“She has turned Bangladesh around. When she took over power it was considered a failing state. It was a poor country. Until today it was considered one of the rising tigers of Asia. She’s very disappointed,” said Joy.

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Joy further said that Hasina fled the country for her safety at the insistence of her family. He added that she was considering resigning since Sunday.

In the weeks of violence, hundreds have been killed and thousands have been injured and detained. Hasina’s forces were accused of crushing down the movement against her 15-year rule with brute and excessive force. Joy rejected the charges and blamed the agitators for violence.

Joy said, “You’ve had policemen beaten to death – 13 just yesterday. So what do you expect the police to do when mobs are beating people to death?”

After resigning as the premier, Hasina fled Bangladesh in a military aircraft. After a stop-over in the northeast, she arrived at the Hindan air base near Delhi and is reported to be meeting National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Dova. Later, at unspecified time, she is expected to depart to London where she is set to begin her political exile.