Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed was greeted by tens of thousands of supporters as she returned to Bangladesh on Monday after the military-backed government abandoned plans to force her into exile. Huge crowds of activists and well-wishers defied a ban on political gatherings to line the road from Dhaka’s airport, welcoming the Awami League leader home after almost two months abroad. “There are at least 20,000 supporters on both sides of the airport road,” said a police official on condition of anonymity.The activists, holding portraits of Sheikh Hasina, chanted “There will be fires in every home if Hasina is arrested” and “Long live Bangladesh, long live Hasina,” as her car passed.
Another police official said there had been no arrests because of the sheer number of supporters who turned out. Sheikh Hasina was greeted at the airport by senior party leaders and about 500 supporters. “The government made a mistake by not allowing me to return home and it will repeat the same mistake if they arrest me,” she told reporters, referring to murder and extortion charges filed against her in her absence. “I am happy to be able to come back, after a period of uncertainties,” Hasina told reporters. “This is my country, they cannot keep me from coming back, no one can stop me. I have just returned ... will talk to my party leaders and then take decisions about politics and other things. Let me rest a bit.”
To me it sounds like she thinks l'etat c'est her.