
NEW DELHI: Author Taslima Nasrin, who has lived in exile since being forced to leave Bangladesh in 1994 over her novel "Lajja," said on Saturday that the sweeping victory of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in the recent elections reflects the public’s determination to prevent Islamist radicals from coming to power rather than a surge in the BNP’s popularity.
However, she warned that the rise of “Pakistan-backed radicals” such as Jamaat-e-Islami as the principal opposition is also a troubling development for the country.