Bangladesh's Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, center, looks at an exhibit at the inauguration of a museum which will serve as a memorial for those killed during the mass uprisings in July 2024, at the former residence of Bangladesh's ousted leader Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on WednesdayDehradun: National Citizen Party, formed by student leaders who led the anti-Sheikh Hasina mass movement in 2024, has accused the ousted former Bangladesh PM of trying to create unrest in the country from Indian soil after she declared at a news conference in New Delhi that she would return in Dec.Ariful Islam Adeeb, senior joint convener of NCP, told TOI from Dhaka on Thursday that Hasina and Awami League had lost political relevance after she fled Bangladesh, and that her latest remarks were aimed at disturbing the situation back home. “After fleeing the country, she and her party, Awami League, have become politically insignificant. Now, by making such statements from India, she is not just trying to create unrest but also ruining bilateral relations between the two countries,” Adeeb said.The reaction came a day after Bangladesh’s ministry of foreign affairs issued a strongly worded statement condemning Hasina’s media interaction in New Delhi. “Bangladesh is outraged that the absconding convicted genocider Sheikh Hasina was allowed this evening to engage in live interaction with the media in New Delhi where she and her henchmen launched venomous vitriol against Bangladesh and her people,” the ministry said.NCP, founded after the July Uprising that forced Hasina from power, said her remarks were also an attempt to put pressure on the elected govt by creating the possibility of a law-and-order situation through her supporters who remained in hiding. “Hasina is convicted for mass atrocities and killings during her 15 years of rule. Now, she is trying to put pressure on a democratically elected govt by keeping it on its toes to tackle possible law-and-order problems that may be created by her supporters. But NCP, like every other citizen of Bangladesh, will never allow that to happen,” Adeeb said.Bangladesh MFA also said Hasina’s interaction had come on the second anniversary of the July Revolution, calling it an insult to those who died during the uprising. “On a day when the people of Bangladesh are observing the second anniversary of the July Revolution, this interaction by Sheikh Hasina on Indian soil stands as an affront to the sovereignty of Bangladesh and a grievous insult to the martyrs of July Revolution,” the statement said.While NCP and Hasina’s other political rivals described her as politically irrelevant, some independent observers said Awami League and its former leader still remained central to Bangladesh’s political calculations. Md Saiful Alam Chowdhury, associate professor in the department of mass communication and journalism at University of Dhaka, said Hasina’s possible return could alter the political mood.“Hasina is the elephant in the room, which nobody wants back in the country. Every political rival, including ruling BNP, knows very well that the day she returns to Bangladesh, there will be tremors in the political scenario. The very evidence of it is the reaction from govt and parties to her decision to return,” Chowdhury said.He added that Hasina’s return would put smaller parties and even the ruling formation under pressure. “Parties like NCP and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami will exist only on paper if she returns. BNP will also become vulnerable as Hasina will hog the limelight in the media and on the international stage. As of now, the country can only wait and watch her next actions,” Chowdhury said.