Dhaka: Recently a weekly called 'Janatar Chokh' has come up. An investigative report by Matiur Rahman Chowdhury, editor-in-chief of Daily Manabzamin newspaper in that weeky, said there was no documentary evidence that the Prime Minister had resigned. The report is brought to the attention of the readers of the multimedia news portal Barta24.com.
The debate is still going on whether the ousted Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has resigned or not. Maybe it will continue for a long time. Former Prime Minister's son Sajib Wazed Joy has repeatedly claimed that Sheikh Hasina did not resign. Army Chief General Waqar-uz-Zaman announced the resignation of the former Prime Minister in front of the media.
The question is, if the Prime Minister has resigned, then where did it go? No one has an answer to this question. I searched it for three weeks. I have also searched in the cabinet division where the president, prime minister and ministers should have resignation letter. Nowhere. Finally, I met President Md. Sahabuddin at Bangabhaban. He greeted me with great sincerity.
During Sheikh Hasina's tenure, Bangabhaban was forbidden for me. sir, how are you? Brother, you don't call me sir. We both came to journalism together. I was in Pabna and you were in Dhaka. Both of them worked in Banglar Bani. Reminiscing old memories took the place of emotions for a long time. Naturally, I asked, do you have the resignation letter of the former Prime Minister? I heard he resigned. But I don't have any documentary evidence. I have failed despite many attempts. He might not have time. At 10:30 am on August 5, Bangabhaban received a call from the Prime Minister's residence. It is said that the honorable Prime Minister will come to Bangabhaban to meet His Excellency the President. After hearing this, preparations started in Bangabhaban. Within an hour the call came that she was not coming.
The President said, there was news of unrest all around. I don't know what's going to happen. I could’t sit around depending on rumors. So I asked Military Secretary General Adil to inquire. He has no news either. We were waiting I was also watching the television scroll. No news anywhere. At one point I heard that she left the country. She didn't tell me anything. I told you what is true. Anyway, when Army Chief General Waquer came to Bangabhaban, I tried to find out whether the Prime Minister resigned or not? Same answer. I heard she resigned. It seems that she did not have time to tell. When everything came under control, one day the Cabinet Secretary came to collect the copy of the resignation letter. I told him, I am also looking. At one point, the President said, there is no more debate about this. It is true that the Prime Minister has left. Still, I have taken the opinion of the Supreme Court so that this question never arises.
Following the reference sent by the President, the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Obaidul Hasan gave their opinion on this on August 8. It said that an interim government may be formed to fill constitutional vacuums in situations that may arise and to carry out the executive functions properly. The Appellate Division opined that the President can administer the oath to the Chief Adviser and Advisory Council of the Interim Government.
Earlier, Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India in the face of student protests. She was staying there. The Government of India issued her a travel document as her passport had expired. With that she can go to any other country. However, there has been a smokescreen over her political asylum. It is said that the United Arab Emirates is not agreeing to grant her asylum due to security reasons. Qatar and Saudi Arabia have already declared ineligibility. Belarus was mentioned in the beginning. Why it did not happen is still unknown.
Hasina was not allowed to speak----
The fallen Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had expressed her desire to address the radio-television moments before fleeing. She said - she will talk for a short time, not long. But Sheikh Hasina did not get that opportunity due to the environmental situation and the reluctance of the Army Chief. Then she was told that people had gathered around. Everyone is ferocious. They can reach Gonobhaban in no time. She cannot be given that opportunity for her safety. Hasina was upset, angry. But there was nothing to do. She prepared a draft of the speech. According to various sources, she wanted to say that she was being forced to leave the country not by her will. She also wanted to inform the countrymen who and which foreign power wanted to overthrow her government. There was also talk about the development of the country during her rule. From morning to afternoon, negotiations were going on at this time. Repeated calls came from New Delhi. It was being said that the security of the Prime Minister should not be disturbed. Interestingly, Delhi was told by Dhaka to send an aircraft to take Hasina away. Delhi did not respond to that request. She was then sent to Delhi in a C-130 aircraft of the Air Force on Bangladesh's own initiative. There were two others in the plane carrying Hasina. Her younger sister Sheikh Rehana and security advisor Tariq Ahmed Siddique.