New Delhi, Oct. 29 -- Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stated that millions of her supporters from the Awami League will boycott next year's national election, as her party has been barred from contesting.

Speaking from her exile in New Delhi, the 78-year-old said she would not return to Bangladesh under any government formed without her party's participation. An interim government, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, has been ruling the country since her ouster. However, her party is barred from participating.

Bangladesh's Election Commission suspended the Awami League's registration in May after Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus' interim government had banned all political party activities. Yunus cited national securit...