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Former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty breaks down the International Crimes Tribunal’s death verdict against Sheikh Hasina and India’s legal ability to extradite her. In conversation he explains the diplomatic, legal and geopolitical consequences that could reshape India-Bangladesh relations in the coming months.  #SheikhHasina #BangladeshVerdict #ExtraditionDebate #PinakRanjanChakravarty #SouthAsiaPolitics #IndiaBangladesh #GeopoliticalAnalysis #BreakingNews #RegionalStability #World  🔊 LIKE ➡ SHARE ➡ SUBSCRIBE  Download the Asianet News App now!  Available on Android & iOS  👉 Android:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vserv.asianet&hl=en_IN   👉 iOS:  https://apps.apple.com/in/app/asianet-news-official/id1093450032   For More Updates:  Follow us on our What's app Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va5Bq3yKwqSLSQTxam0r  English: https://newsable.asianetnews.com/  Hindi: https://hindi.asianetnews.com/  Malayalam: https://www.asianetnews.com/  Kannada: https://kannada.asianetnews.com/  Tamil: https://tamil.asianetnews.com/  Telugu: https://telugu.asianetnews.com/  Bengali: https://bangla.asianetnews.com/  Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsianetNewsa...  Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/AsianetNewsEN  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ann.newsable/  ➡ If you like our video, give us a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel to get the daily dosage of news, entertainment, sports and more.

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00:00what is the meaning of this verdict sir and how do you what next for sheikh hasina as you know the

00:05judiciary has been weaponized there with former judges and many judges have been removed and

00:11their and the interim government has put in their own people there so nobody is surprised by this

00:17verdict any bearing any legal bearing on us on india also to hand her over but there is a provision

00:24bilateral extradition treaty is there however there is a very very major exception

00:30in the treaty which is regarding political crimes or or political kind of charges that are brought

00:39and everybody knows that these are political charges that are so will it be a dicey situation

00:45for india like because we are all also dealing with the current government there and sheikh hasina is

00:50also uh is living here well i think the current the current government in dhaka will now say hello

00:57she has been convicted now you hand it hand her over but you know these are you know handing

01:02her over on extradition is a legal process sir uh sheikh hasina has also rejected all the allegations

01:10all the this this verdict oh and she is also called it a political vendetta sir but when we call it a

01:16political do you what are you questioning the style of probe or are you questioning the decision making

01:21well i think it was all fixed because uh the as you know the judiciary itself was overhauled

01:28and all the you know supreme court judges were in fact asked to resign at gunpoint

01:34so in in nutshell sir you are saying that the jamaat and other political forces they are playing a role

01:41behind what is what we are seeing now and how do you also see a role of a foreign hand say isi

01:48or some people also unless that cia well there is a foreign hand within quotes now you can call it

01:54whatever whatever you want isi cia there is a very strong belief that hasina the agitation conducted

02:02at against hasina was also had a foreign hand in it she has recently given some interviews to some

02:09media houses and which she has said that pakistan has still not you know apologized for what they have

02:16done in the past in this country but still this government is working with them and and secondly she's

02:22saying that she is willing to return to a bangladesh for politics in the future how do you look at this

02:29then to return she will she will have to sort of overturn this judgment for example how to do that

02:36that's a legal issue and pakistan indeed has never apologized formally the international international

02:43crime tribunal has given a verdict against sheikh hasina and she has been given a death sentence

02:49and uh to understand the consequences and what next in this case is with with us is mr pinak

02:58chakravarti and he has served in mangaladesh twice once at the capacity of high commissioner during 2006 to

03:069th so can we uh just uh in in my first question i just want to understand what will be what is the

03:12meaning of this verdict sir and how do you what next for sheikh hasina well i think the verdict is part of

03:18the political vendetta that has been organized and has been going on against the against sheikh hasina

03:27and the obama league so it is a continuation of that process as you know the judiciary has been

03:33weaponized there with former judges and many judges have been removed and their uh and the interim

03:40government has put in their own people there so nobody is surprised by this verdict

03:45and i think it means that now the awami league has to decide whether they will carry on the struggle

03:53or they keep quiet which i doubt very much i think the struggle will go on and the verdict will not be

04:00accepted by the above but sir what what is her future now like uh does it have any bearing on her

04:08because she is living in india i believe in exile and this entire trial happened in absentia so any bearing

04:15any legal bearing on us on india also to hand her over no not yet i mean i'm they there has to be a

04:24formal uh you know uh uh the bangladesh government which is which is uh interim government and many regard it as

04:33unconstitutional so whether they will now start uh will file uh you know extradition uh you know

04:41request with the indian government uh because there is a provision bilateral extradition treaty is there

04:48however there is a very very major exception in the treaty which is regarding political crimes or or

04:56political uh kind of uh charges that are brought and everybody knows that these are political charges

05:03that have been brought and the verdict is also kind of uh part of the vendetta politics so will it be a

05:10dicey situation for india like because we are all also dealing with the current government there and

05:16sheikh hasina is also uh is living here so do you think this uh this new verdict is going to add some

05:23issues uh vis-a-vis her stay here well i think the current the current government in dhaka will now

05:29say look she has been convicted now you hand it hand her over but you know these are you know handing

05:35her over on extradition is a legal process so they will have to go through the legality which means going

05:41to court in india and filing extradition charges getting an order from a court if an indian court orders

05:49it then of course the government of india will comply but then i don't think that's that has

05:54happened yet so we'll have to wait and see what they do and uh of course the fact that she's been

06:00india is not new she's been india since uh last august when she was overthrown and they they were

06:08demanding even at that time you know please hand her over and we said no you go through the extradition

06:13process i mean she was not a convicted criminal when she came here it was they who drove her out

06:21and they brought her here we did not do anything to invite her here to come and take you know refuge

06:28she decided and we agreed so sir as you said in your opening remark that she is going to struggle do you

06:35what what is your hunch like what is your assessment do you think she's going to fight it out with the

06:41current government there because they are banned obviously the next election they are not they

06:46cannot contest because there is a ban on avami league so what next for the political future of

06:51the country well i think if they want elections which can which will which they want to be regarded

06:57as free fair and inclusive and they will have to allow the avami league to participate you cannot

07:03have a free and fair election and inclusive election in bangladesh by banning the largest party

07:10of the avami league now you may you may give hasina the death sentence but the party remains they have

07:17even uh they have even uh deregistered the party or i think they have suspended its registration as a

07:24political party but you know if they do that then the elections are a foregone conclusion you know then

07:31there is nothing free and fair and inclusive about it but then does it lead to another situation where

07:38we have a lot of violence uh uh after this verdict and and the elections are postponed for example

07:45that could happen sir uh sheikh hasina has also rejected all the allegations all the this this verdict

07:53and she has also called it a political vendetta sir but when we call it a political do you what are you

07:58questioning the style of probe or are you questioning the decision making or do you think that the proper

08:04uh course was not adopted during this process well i think it was all fixed because uh the as you

08:10know the judiciary itself was overhauled and all the you know supreme court judges were in fact asked to

08:17resign at gunpoint almost so i think those things have happened they are on record now so i think the

08:24judiciary uh was uh a new judiciary was created uh under the same old ict but the judges were changed everybody

08:33was changed and then the then this whole trial took place how free and fair the trial was everybody's

08:40asking the same question after all who was who defended her and what were the charges there were about

08:48five major charges she's being accused and convicted of murdering somebody somewhere she's the prime

08:55minister she didn't go and murder anybody but they are blaming her for uh for having ordered that you

09:01know to the police and others i think the police uh the former police ig is also one of the uh those

09:09accused but he's become an approver so he's spilled all the beans so to speak they said they have gone

09:16through the records like uh telephone conversations where they claim that has he now ordered the the firings

09:23etc now i don't know i mean i'm not privy to those telephone conversations but that's what they claim

09:30and they will have to they will have to publish the evidence to so that people can see whether it has

09:36been free and fair sir you have seen bangladesh affairs very very closely so uh sir how do you look at the

09:44popularity of sheikh hasina there now since we have seen very violent protests against her of course

09:51there was also a retaliation a very violent retaliation from the current that time comment that time so do you

09:57think it is feasible for her to go back and fight the election or fight a case uh is it actually

10:05conducive and you have seen multiple times regime changes in bangladesh so what future do you see

10:12political future do you see for the country well i think it's at the moment it's impossible for hasina

10:17to return because then then they will be hanged she will be hanged she'll be saying okay you are convicted go

10:22to jail and i don't know whether they will there is any process for appeal i doubt i think they have

10:28removed the appeal process also and then of course uh then she'll be hanged if she goes back and that's

10:35bound to happen because the same ict had convicted the jamaat leaders who were part of the 1971 genocide

10:44so the jamaat has not forgiven her and i think they will want her hanged and that's the whole process and

10:50i think jamaat is really calling the shots now uh with uh with uh professor eunus in the in the position

10:58of uh whatever chief advisor uh but he is basically uh you know kowtowing to them but he himself is also

11:07very anti-hasina because remember and uh he uh also fancies uh that he must play a political role

11:15and uh he was politically ambitious even in 2007 when he wanted to uh when he floated a party and

11:23wanted to fight elections but then he you know his party just disappeared after some time but they

11:30couldn't win anything and then after that he was subjected to by the hasina government a lot of legal

11:37cases on on money laundering for and for not paying properly the taxes so those things i think embittered

11:45him also against hasina because he felt that he was being harassed and by these cases although these

11:53cases have now been removed because as soon as he came to power he he withdrew all the cases because

12:00he was in government and he he could do that so in in nutshell sir you are saying that the jamaat

12:06and other political forces they are playing a role behind what is what we are seeing now

12:12and how do you also see a role of a foreign hand say isi or some people also unless that cia

12:21well there is a foreign hand within courts now you can call it whatever you want isi cia

12:28there is a very strong belief that hasina the agitation conducted at against hasina was also

12:35had a foreign hand in it or in different ways and because a decision was taken somewhere that

12:43she's not not cooperating in uh in with that country which wanted certain facilities there

12:51in bangladesh etc you know these are all in the media already and these are uh these have been discussed

12:58and so these things are also there and we have seen the interim government

13:03moving very close to pakistan and there's a lot of isi you know you know traveling you know

13:09pakistanic generals and others traveling to dhaka uh during the bomb blasts in delhi for example i just

13:16read somewhere that they have also unearthed and a dhaka connection now that could very much be

13:23the alien let which has gone there and started operating from there or the jaish or whoever because this

13:30has been this is what pakistan would aim at aim for because all these years hasina had kept a very

13:37tight leash on their activities and now they are thinking that under this government they'll be able

13:42to come back and do all this and jamaati islami has always been regarded as a proxy and a fifth column

13:50of pakistan i mean everybody knows that so i think this is what is happening so we we have to keep

13:57watching you have to take counter measures if something really uh you know you know something

14:03really that she has recently given some interviews to some media houses and which she has said that

14:10pakistan has still not you know apologized for what they have done in the past in this country but still

14:17this government is working with them and and secondly she is saying that she is willing to return to

14:23of bangladesh for politics in the future how do you look at this to return she would she will have

14:29to sort of overturn this judgment for example how to do that that's a legal issue and pakistan

14:37indeed has never apologized formally i mean off and on they have some people in pakistan some leaders

14:43have said we are sorry or whatever but there has never been any official apology for what they did in

14:481931. this is on record and it's a trial and i think the the jamaati islami which was also accused of

14:57collaboration with pakistan has been sort of kind of walking back on that and saying you know no

15:04we have changed we want uh we we made some mistakes you know kind of an oblique way they have

15:10because they were the kind of a you know the the the tool which was used to commit genocide apart from

15:20the pakistani soldiers themselves who did all the killings and the rapes and at last sir i'm asking

15:27you in nutshell what i understand from your comments is that nothing changes much for sheikh hasina

15:35her status remains same this verdict will have not much impact on her in the future well personally

15:42she can continue to stay here and if the government decides that after the conviction that is an

15:48extradition case then then the case has to be fought in the courts and then we'll see what kind

15:55of a verdict but let me remind you that the extradition treaty between india and bangladesh

16:00has a clause which says that no extradition will be granted if if if uh it is it is presumed to be

16:09political crime or political crimes now this is clearly one that is regarded as a political crime so

16:17i don't see extradition happening so she will continue to stay here and i think the awami league will

16:22take the matter uh you know politically and perhaps uh do whatever they want to do in bangladesh and is

16:30the tide turning in bangladesh sir do you see any change because i have there is a is there a realization

16:36that the current government is not doing too good for the country well if you if you if you use the

16:42economic uh measures to ask questions nobody is happy prices have gone up things are not available

16:51so and the common people are indeed suffering there are a lot of i think media stories on

16:57how they are you know complaining about price rise and things like that and bangladesh's economy has

17:04certainly slipped uh although some although trade is going on and we have not really interfered in that

17:12and but there have been some steps taken to you know kind of a tit for tat because bangladesh began it

17:19so india had to take some steps you know these are basically non-tariff barriers

17:24on uh on export of goods from bangladesh or export of goods from india but then that's not too much but

17:31trade is going on i think normal they are dependent on india for a lot of essential commodities and that's

17:38going on because we we i think the government of india basically took the decision that you know the common

17:44common people should not be punished for for something that is political thank you so much for talking

17:50to us sir thank you so much sir thank you

17:59you

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