Was a coup neutralised in Bangladesh?
October 25, 2017  11:38
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Has a potential army coup been nipped in the bud in Bangladesh?   

It does seem so, going a report by Devadeep Purohit in The Telegraph, Kolkata.   

'Some heads have rolled in the Bangladesh Army after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's office learnt that 20 retired and serving officers met at the home of a retired lieutenant general last week and discussed a sensitive matter, multiple sources in Dhaka and New Delhi have told The Telegraph,' reports Purohit.   

Among those meeting were several serving officers -- who are in the process of being weeded out --  as well as a former army chief, the report says.   

Quoting sources on both sides of the Indo-Bangladesh border, Purohit reports that the meeting took place at the home of a retired officer in Dhaka.   

While no one was willing to disclose if the discussions centred around a change of government or forming an alternative political formation to the ruling Awami League, given that Bangladesh is no stranger to army rule, the possibility cannot be entirely ruled out either.   

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been in office for two consecutive terms, is widely expected to advance the next elections, due otherwise in the end of 2018.   

Incidentally, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, incidentally, was in Dhaka on Sunday to meet Hasina.   

You can read Devadeep Purohit's report here
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