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Former US diplomat John F Danilovich, who served as the US deputy chief of mission in Bangladesh, has suggested that ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s application for a new passport and national identity card (NID) may have a political motive.
In a post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday (November 10), Danilovich said the application could be a strategy to hold the Bangladesh government responsible for preventing Hasina from returning home.
He suggested that Hasina might be trying to create the impression that the government was obstructing her alleged desire to return to Bangladesh.
Danilovich also said the move could help the country currently sheltering Hasina find a way out of the situation surrounding her. He added that there might be an effort to persuade a third country to accept her.
John F Danilovich is a retired US State Department diplomat who served as deputy chief of mission at the US Embassy in Dhaka from September 2007 to August 2011 under then ambassador Dan W Mozena.
During his tenure, he worked with the Bangladesh government on the process leading to the Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum Agreement (TICFA) between Bangladesh and the United States.
