Dhaka, May 2 -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked leftist political leaders staging movements against her rule in Bangladesh about who would replace her if her government was ousted.

The premier posed the question in response to a query from a journalist during a press briefing on Thursday regarding her experience of her recent Thailand visit.

"The extreme leftists and extreme rightist groups in the country have formed a coalition and the two poles together are trying to topple the government - you said that two days ago. What message did you want to send to the nation?" a senior journalist asked Hasina.

"The leftists have turned ninety degrees," Hasina said. "I want to ask you a question - Those [leaders] we believe to be leftist...