Things are getting murkier in Bangladesh. The so-called meeting between caretaker head Muhammad Yunus and two key political parties BNP of former Prime Minister Khaleeda Zia and Jamait-i-Islami was rather a damp squib.
Even as the meeting did not reach any conclusion; hurriedly announcement was made by the Yunus camp that he would not step down.
Lately Yunus has grown little unpopular and army chief Gen Waker Zaman's statement made it worse. The Rakhine Corridor is something the US deep state wants from the times of Joe Biden and Yunus regime's initial indication that it will be allowed has fetched him criticism.
The Army chief had called "bloody corridor" and there are chances that if any 'popular face' is available; the Yunus government will again come under public protest in the manner Sheikh Hasina was ousted in 2024.
Differences over this Rohingya Corridor had led to Bangladesh's Foreign Secretary's resignation.
This also makes it clear that Yunus is "cornered" amid the charges that he is acting as a rubber stamp stooge of foreign players.
The Yunus-military imbalance emerges from the Army chief's strong push for elections. Voting should be held by December, Gen Zaman said.
The 84-year-old Yunus is essential over ambitious.
He believes, he should get chance of becoming next Bangladesh president. Or he should be allowed to continue in the position for next few years.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led by Hasina's arch-rival Khaleda Zia, is maintaining a nuanced but smart stand.
It has said let Yunus continue as a caretaker head but he must announce to that elections will be held by December 2024.
The basic argument that the interim government can govern only temporarily till elections are held is something bothering Yunus and his associates.
“The chief adviser is not stepping down. The chief adviser never said he will resign. The other advisers too will remain in their positions," Wahiduddin Mahmud, the planning adviser in the interim government, told journalists in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon.
BNP and Jamait leaders believe Yunus is simply threatening the resignation card to earn public sympathy.
These two parties want Yunus to announce election and thereby deny opportunities to newly floated National Citizen Party (NCP) much elbow room to make a bid for power.
The interim government of Bangladesh will continue to work towards the goals that it had set, said the Chief Adviser to the Government of Bangladesh in a statement after an unscheduled meeting held Saturday.
“If under the instigation of defeated forces or as part of foreign conspiracy – the performance of these responsibilities becomes impossible, the government will present all reasons to the public and then take the necessary steps with the people,” the statement read.
The meeting of the advisory council on Saturday presided by Muhammad Yunus reportedly discussed the 'unreasonable demands'.
That means the regime is not keen to give up power by December.
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