Former Bangladesh Secretary Shifkul Alam has made a significant revelation regarding former advisor Muhammad Yunus. He described how protesters contacted him through an FP journalist.

Sheikh Hasina and Muhammad Yunus

Former Bangladeshi advisor Muhammad Yunus was given the responsibility of the country before former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled Dhaka following violent student protests in Bangladesh. Yunus's former secretary, Shafiqul Alam, revealed that student leaders involved in the protests approached Nobel laureate Yunus two days before Hasina's ouster on August 5, 2024, to lead an interim government.

He further alleged that an AFP journalist became a link between Yunus and protesters plotting to oust Hasina from the PM post. When student leaders wanted to contact Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and request him to take over the interim government after Hasina's departure, they needed a trusted intermediary. Kadruddin Shishir played this role.

She was going to stay in power for two more days: Alam.

Furthermore, he revealed that Hasina was expected to remain in power for two more days. However, her security system was unaware of the conspiracy to change power. They were unaware of what was happening. Meanwhile, Shishir and his team executed this plan with great skill.

The entire conspiracy was kept secret.

Kaduruddin Shishir was the editor of AFP's Dhaka Fact Check team. Alam wrote that Shishir kept this highly sensitive regime-change operation completely secret. Only a select few, trusted individuals, knew what was happening. Shishir was the first to contact the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner on behalf of the student leaders and facilitated initial talks between the two sides.

Sheikh Hasina is living in Delhi.

Meanwhile, Sheikh Hasina, living in exile in New Delhi, has repeatedly accused the Yunus government of conspiring to overthrow the country's permanent government. However, she has expressed her commitment to return to her homeland.