*The Missing Letter Conspiracy*

*The Missing Letter Conspiracy* The President of Bangladesh is in a fix. - He took ‘incentives’ and agreed to be a part of the Coup. He had just one job to do. Appointment Muhammad Yunus as ‘interim’ head. - But for that, he needed Sheikh Haseena’s resignation. - As per script, Sheikh Haseena was to be coerced into coming and giving her resignation. - The Army Chief was supposed to collect the resignation and send it to the President. - Sheikh Haseena seems to have conveyed that she has sent the resignation, and was given safe passage. - There is a script which Uncle follows, when it comes to toppling a leader. This has been in place since the ousting of Ceaușescu in Romania. It involves... (i) Storming of the palace (ii) Looting and sacking of the palace (iii) Showing the Despot’s ‘golden toilet’ (iv) Hunting and killing of the ‘Despot’ (v) Decapitating and toppling of statues (vi) Alternate Government formed. These steps have more or less remained the same, and by now, are fixed tropes. Everybody, since Ceaușescu, from Saddam to Gaddafi, have been subjected to it. - Thus, there was a playbook with a number of touch points to be actioned within the day. The first of which was ‘Flight of the Despot’, which was the cue to declare resignation. - The President, without getting any ‘resignation letter’, under time pressure, declared that Sheikh Haseena has resigned, and thus provided the cue for the rest of the program to start. - The program started, but it was only while it was well on its way that the ‘powers-that-be’ realised that there was no resignation letter. - The Army Chief thought on his feet, got a photograph of Sheikh Haseena signing a Guest Book and stated that this was the image of her signing her resignation. - After a few days, when things settled, Sheikh Haseena quietly released a ‘recording’ stating that she had never resigned. - This put everyone in a fix. Because now : (i) The President had lied. (ii) The Army Chief had lied. (iii) The ‘interim’ Government had no parliamentary standing. (iv) In case of things turning everything could be labelled as ‘treason’. - The clamour to get Sheikh Haseena extradited went up. But no one was budging. - Meanwhile, most Awami League high command, those who had been left behind, slowly moved out of Bangladesh. - As they moved out, the interim Government realised that they had emptied out the coffers too. - Now the President was asked to show proof of resignation. After all, you cannot take ‘incentives’ and not fulfil service level agreements for the Uncle. - The President balked and pushed the issue to the Army Chief - The Army Chief balked and washed his hands clean. - The President now declared that there was no resignation letter. - This has made the interim Government as consyituionally illegal. - The interim Government is hopping mad! Because now they do not have any locus standi. - Now it wants to agitate and bring the President down. Towards which they are sending thousands to storm his residence and put pressure on him to resign. - Thus there is a big move afoot to declare him either ‘incapable’ or ‘unconstitutional’. - But the President is the only constitutional seat holder. The rest all are extra constitutional. - Thus, if he is ‘incapable’ or ‘unconstitutional’, then what is the basis of the ‘interim Government’? - Meanwhile, Sheikh Haseena is set to announce a Government in exile, and officially the legitimate Government. - The whole exercise of toppling might be lost for the want of a single ’resignation letter’! Can the conspiracy get more interesting than this? Looks funny to me