Dhaka, Dec. 27 -- "What would you do if you became prime minister right now? When do you see yourself assuming state power?"

Those were the questions posed by journalist Matiur Rahman Chowdhury in an interview 22 years ago.

The interviewee was Tarique Rahman -- the elder son of then prime minister Khaleda Zia and now the acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

At the time, Tarique said he was not thinking about becoming prime minister, nor did he harbour ambitions of taking state power.

Bangladesh has since gone through many political upheavals. Tarique was jailed, and after his release spent more than 17 years living in exile in the United Kingdom.

That exile came to an end on Dec 25, when Tarique returned to Bang...