Sheikh Hasina left the country and fled to India on August 5, keeping her family safe abroad. The activists left the country after the publication of this news. Someone tried to escape but could not at the last minute. He is in hiding.
‘Your leader has run away, you should leave now’, a friend warned a local Chhatra League leader from Narayanganj’s 2.5 Hajar area on his mobile phone on Monday afternoon.
He then went to the market a little distance from home. He did not know that their leader, Sheikh Hasina, had fled to India.
Many other Awami League leaders and activists like the Chhatra League leader, who did not want to be named, have moved to India or are trying to come. BBC Bangla spoke to the leaders and activists of many Awami League organizations.
Talking to the leaders of Awami League in the country, they said that Sheikh Hasina fled from Bangladesh thinking that her life might be in danger. But he did not think about what would happen to thousands of activists.
They said that the leader should have thought about whether we have passport-visa or not, how to survive if we are attacked.
Chhatra League leaders said, “If I had a glimpse of what was going to happen after Monday afternoon, then I would not have fled home like this.” I could go to India if I had time.