India, March 13 -- US Awami League Vice President Dr Rabbi Alam has expressed confidence that Sheikh Hasina will return as Prime Minister of Bangladesh and thanked India for sheltering her after she fled the South Asian nation on August 5, 2024 following massive protests against her regime over a job quota issue.

He demanded the Bangladesh Interim government chief Muhammad Yunus to step down.

Yunus, a Nobel laureate, took charge of the current interim government just days after Hasina's ouster.

Alam told Indian news agency ANI: "We want to ask the Bangladesh Advisor to step down and go back to where he came from."

"Sheikh Hasina is coming back as the Prime Minister. The young generation has made a mistake, but that's not their fault; ...