The political fallout of Sheikh Hasina’s dramatic ousting from power on August 5, 2024, continues to unfold, and her loyalists are scrambling to rewrite the narrative. In a recent interview with The Indian Express, former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal accused Bangladesh’s Army Chief, General Waker Uz Zaman, and intelligence agencies of orchestrating what he called an “Islamist – military coup.” Kamal’s comments, however, reveal more about the desperation of Hasina’s allies than the realities of her regime’s collapse.

While Kamal points fingers at the military and so-called “Islamist forces,” the evidence paints a different picture. The regime change was the culmination of a meticulously executed plan involving global actors like Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, George Soros, and the Pakistani ISI, with the alleged involvement of Muhammad Yunus. Despite this broader international intrigue, Hasina’s associates seem determined to scapegoat General Waker and the armed forces to deflect attention from their own failures.

Kamal’s interview was riddled with contradictions. He lamented an intelligence failure during the July 2024 uprising, which saw 460 police stations torched and thousands of weapons looted. Yet, in the same breath, he blamed the military and so-called Islamist factions for toppling Hasina’s government. The irony is almost laughable: Kamal, a key figure in a regime notorious for crushing dissent and centralizing power, now bemoans a “lack of morale” among Awami League (AL) workers.

Under Sheikh Hasina’s rule, economic policies pushed inflation to unbearable levels, reducing essential goods to unattainable luxuries. Onions—once a staple of Bangladeshi cuisine—became a symbol of........

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