NEW DELHI: Bangladesh’s interim authorities led by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus is at the moment beneath extreme criticism for having failed to take care of legislation and order, leaving the nation on the threat of one other army takeover of its day-to-day administration. Dhaka isn’t any stranger to Military involvement in governance with a number of takeovers and tried coups marking its historical past, including as much as greater than a dozen, because the nation attained Independence from Pakistan’s repression in 1971.
In August 1975, the architect of Bangladesh’s freedom motion, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his household was assassinated in a army coup that toppled the founding authorities and triggered years of instability.
Mujibur Rahman’s daughters — Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana — survived the assassination, being in Europe at the moment. This was adopted by tumultuous instances that witnessed a collection of coups and counter-coups for the following two years.
There have been a number of assassinations and energy shifts, culminating in Lieutenant Common Ziaur Rahman’s consolidation of energy.
Lieutenant Common Rahman, generally known as President Zia, based the Bangladesh Nationalist Celebration (BNP) in September 1978, which was later led by his spouse Begum Khaleda Zia after his assassination by a bunch of army personnel on Could 30, 1981.
Khaleda Zia, the nation’s first lady Prime Minister, stays vital in a hospital, whereas her son, Tarique Rahman is anticipated to return dwelling after 17 years of self-imposed exile in Britain.
BNP’s Appearing Chairperson Khaleda Zia is taken into account a frontrunner within the February 2026 normal elections in Bangladesh.
Following Lieutenant Common Ziaur Rahman’s assassination, Common Hussain Muhammad Ershad seized energy in a cold coup in March 1982 and dominated till mass protests compelled his resignation in 1990.
Common Ershad, died of outdated age in 2019. He’s thought of among the many most controversial but additionally consequential political leaders in Bangladesh, sometimes called “the dictator”.
A lot of these he thought of in opposition to him ended up assassinated or jailed for all times.
Between 1996-2011, there have been reviews of a number of coup makes an attempt and alleged plots, however none produced long-term army rule.
On the present scenario, a latest report on “Way forward for India-Bangladesh Relationship” from the Parliamentary Committee on Exterior Affairs has addressed this subject.
The report, submitted within the just-concluded Winter Session of Lok Sabha, famous “that the scenario in Bangladesh is not going to descend into chaos and anarchy because of some very sturdy basic characters of Bangladeshi society and polity”.
It stated that “Bangladeshi identification will not be solely spiritual, it has a robust cultural and linguistic Bengali identification. Secondly, Bangladesh has a mass-based political events with a convention of outdated democratic or semi-democratic politics”. And thirdly, “Bangladesh Military will not be the Pakistan Military and has refused to fireplace by itself individuals”.
Nevertheless, of late, Pakistan has prolonged its footprints in Bangladesh, together with the Military the place the ISI Commander Muhammad Asim Malik was in Dhaka just a few months in the past.
Moreover, there have been threats of capturing the “Seven Sister” states in India’s Northeast.
Subsequently, Islamabad’s hand at additional destabilising Bangladesh cannot be dominated out.
The present state of affairs and the failure of the Yunus-led administration in containing violence have been criticised internally by numerous pupil leaders concerned within the August 2024 Rebellion, and distinguished politicians.
Former BNP Minister, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, has termed the scenario as “mobocracy” after an assault on the India’s Consulate in Chattogram amidst nationwide violence.
BNP Secretary Common Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleged that deterioration of law-and-order scenario was because of failure of the interim authorities in Bangladesh.
The interim administration’s failure in addressing safety elements forward of the essential normal election and a nationwide referendum had led to reviews of seemingly Military interference.
The Inter-Providers Public Relations (ISPR) Directorate of Bangladesh has protested what it referred to as a “spate of baseless and unfounded reviews” of a doable coup and breakdown within the Military’s command chain.
The ISPR, earlier, has affirmed that the Bangladesh Military stays “sturdy, united, and absolutely dedicated to its constitutional duties”.
The official denial was seen as being aimed toward home and worldwide audiences to counter narratives of instability.
Amid the developments, Bangladesh Military Chief Common Waker-Uz-Zaman referred to as up his Indian counterpart Common Upendra Dwivedi not too long ago and has assured him the safety of all Indian property.