India, Dec. 22 -- As fresh protests and violence rocked Bangladesh after the death of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina slammed the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government over "lawlessness" and said that he has "no mandate" to alter the country's foreign policy.

She also turned down the Yunus government's demand for her return to face what she called "political assassination", after the country's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) delivered the death penalty for her in connection with the "July Uprising" that saw student-led protests leading to the toppling of Hasina's government.

The student-led protests in July 2024 led to the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina-led government, following which she flew to I...