India, Nov. 17 -- As Bangladesh braces for the much-anticipated verdict in the "crimes against humanity" trial of ousted PM Sheikh Hasina set for Monday, she said in a message to her supporters that "destroying" her party Awami League is not so easy as it "grew the soil and the people" and not "from the pocket of an illegal power grabber".

She also said that the allegations made against her are false, and that Bangladesh's interim government caretaker and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus seized power "illegally and unconstitutionally".

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"They do not want the Awami League to engage in politics. They declare the Awami League banned. They do not want the Awami League to contest elections. They...