"Has the government made Bangladesh a subservient state of India or sold the country to India? Indians can intrude into Bangladesh, carry out bomb blasts across the country and get a safe passage back?" she posed the questions.

"The independence and sovereignty of the country is now at stake," she said while talking to newsmen at Zia International Airport returning from India after a five-day visit.

AL itself will take decision whether it will participate in the election or not, Hasina said replying to a query on the comment of ruling party leaders that she went to India to take suggestion about AL's running in the next election.

AL does not take decisions at anyone's dictate, she added.

"Why does the government feel so nervous if I visit India on personal ground?" said Hasina, who offered fateha at Ajmer Sharif and had meetings with Indian PM, Leader of the Opposition, Congress Party chief Sonia Gandhi and senior ministers.

The former prime minister said in the meetings she had discussions on poverty alleviation, establishing lasting peace and strengthening regional cooperation in the sub-continent.

She denied she had any comment on American invasion.

Referring to a Press Trust of India (PTI) story circulated in Bangladesh by BSS and UNB news agencies, she said, "I did not have any comment on America."

"Moreover, there was no reporter of PTI at the place mentioned as the dateline of the report. Their objective must be looked into," she added.

Referring to a statement of Mufti Hannan, the opposition leader said it has now been proved that the former home minister Altaf Hossain Chowdhury had given shelter to the extremists and militants.

"Truth unveils one day and the truth has been unveiled," she said.

The former PM, who was the target of Mufti Hannan's abortive assassination attempt, said, "It has also been proved that the BNP-Jamaat government are the patrons of the militants and extremists.

Hasina said Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who is in charge of home and defence ministries, will have to answer as to what she did in protecting the public life.

"It seemed that there is no government in the country. If there is no government, why people will pay tax," she questioned.

Replying to a query, Hasina said the PM and other leaders can say whether Saarc Summit will be held after the abnormal situation created out of the comment of the BDR chief.

Senior AL leaders received her at the airport.