New Delhi: Bangladesh Army chief has been a busy man since 2024 but the work is only half done. A fact that Wakar-Uz-Zaman himself acknowledged lately when he was addressing an event on Tuesday. Not only did he merely accept that Bangladesh is as unstable as it was during the start of 2024 and the condition will only worsen if nothing is done to mend it, Zaman even went on to recognise the ill effects of political infighting. He issued a stern warming to all political parties that they need to sort out this mess instead of engaging in petty blame games. Zaman underscored the importance of elections being held in the country by the end of this year, if Dhaka was looking to get back on track with civilian rule.

Zaman has been pro-stability ever since the ouster of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina from Dhaka in August last year. The chief, known for his centrist ideology is favourably inclined towards India and has a major role in preventing what he foresees could be a full-blown Islamist takeover of the country. Zaman has been strategically positioning the Army as the institution critical to maintain stability of Bangladesh, even though it is in the sidelines and the interim government makes all the key decisions on the forefront.

But with the political infighting that has again peaked in the country, raising its ugly head this time in the form of protests by student unions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and that of Jamaat-e-Islami blaming each other for the violence that has gripped the nation, Zaman’s blueprint seems to be on shaky grounds. Hence his stern warning to stop with all this petty blame games and concentrate on the revival of civilian rule in Bangladesh by dint of a democratic elections.

While the world is following the turn of events in this South Asian country, Zaman’s warning is not to be taken lightly — for some, it signals that a coup may be imminent which would........

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