Yunus's actions totally illegal: Bangladesh President, now free, exposes dark plots
India Today
Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin has revealed how Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser to the interim administration, plotted to remove him, didn't allow him to travel abroad and kept him in the dark on the US trade deal. The President said he surprisingly got support from the BNP top leadership.
Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin seems to be breathing free after 1.5 years. In an interview with Bangla daily Kaler Kontho, Shahabuddin ripped apart Muhammad Yunus, who led the interim administration in Bangladesh after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime in August 2024. The interview details how Yunus tried to get rid of the President, the last functioning person in a constitutional post.
Shahabuddin revealed that the Yunus regime tried to get rid of him, and how the interim set-up headed by him cancelled his foreign tours twice. Not just that, the President revealed that he was kept completely in the dark about the Bangladesh-US trade deal that the Yunus regime signed just days from the election, and an elected government set to take over.
Shahabuddin administered the oath of office to Yunus on August 8, 2024, and the latter functioned as the de facto prime minister till February 16, 2026.
He described in detail the night of October 22, 2024, when a mob surrounded Bangabhaban, the President's residence, demanding his removal. "That night was terrifying for me," he said.
Another interesting fact that Shahabuddin revealed in the exclusive interview with Kaler Kontho is that he got support from the leadership of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) when Yunus-aligned forces were trying to remove him.
"A high-ranking leader from the BNP assured me that I had their support. We want to maintain constitutional continuity. We are not in favour of removing the President through any unconstitutional means," Shahabuddin told Kaler Kontho.
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