Bangladesh President accuses Yunus of breaching constitutional obligation

President of Bangladesh Mohammed Shahabuddin accused the former Chief Adviser, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, of conspiring to remove him from office in an unconstitutional manner.

In an exclusive interview with a national Bengali daily the Kaler Kantho published from Dhaka, Shahabuddin recently said that during the tenure as the head of the interim government Yunus had made several attempts to destabilise Bangladesh and create a constitutional vacuum.

"There have been many attempts to permanently destroy the peace and order of the country and create a constitutional vacuum," the President said.

Shahabuddin said that Yunus did not maintain constitutionally required communication with him during the regime of the interim government

Even Yunus neither informed the President about his (Yunus) foreign visits nor briefed on state matters, which the President described as a constitutional obligation.

"The chief adviser did not follow any provision of the constitution,” said the President, adding that the former Chief Adviser was supposed to meet him (President) after every foreign visit to inform about the outcomes of the visit but he never did that after travelling abroad for 14 to 15 times.

Shahabuddin also alleged that he was made a palace prisoner during the regime of the Yunus led interim government, which blocked two of his planned visits to Kosovo and Qatar.

Read more: Muhammad Yunus took over as the chief adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh on August 8, 2024, four days after long-time ruler Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the country amid a student-led mass uprising.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman Tarique Rahman was sworn in as the new prime minister of Bangladesh on February 17 after a landslide victory in the general elections on February 12.

Mob, radicalism, minority oppression, cultural crackdown dominated during the regime of Yunus led interim government in Bangladesh.

The mob attacked media houses, political offices, cultural institutions and private residences.