Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury - Adviser of The Caretaker Government

Adviser of The Caretaker Government

At the start of October 2006, as the confusion about chief justice KM Hasan started he expressed his inability. Though he finally agreed to take the duty after the situation had changed. At the middle of 2006 he received a proposal of becoming an adviser of the interim Caretaker Government. Bangladesh Jamaate Islami proposed his name as adviser to Caretaker government. Mentionable, Sultana Kamal's name came from Awami League and C M Shafi Sami's name was given by Presidential Adviser covering AL quota in consultation with Sheikh Hasina as her other names were disputed by intelligence agencies. As he started to work along with the other advisers he felt the lack of leadership and unwillingness to take the right decision at the right time. When the package proposal of the advisers was accepted by the opposite political parties, he was surprised to see the ignorance of the chief adviser and the President Iajuddin Ahmed about it. There was conspiracy where DGFI was involved what he realised later that Moeen was doing everything staying behind to capture country's presidency. Even before the package proposal started, Chowdhury made a direct meeting with the opposite political parties and thought the negotiation to overcome the problem may not be possible. So he gave a proposal of reassignment of the advisers to make the politicians responsible for jeopardizing the condition. Then came another twisting moment, when chief adviser Iajuddin Ahmed single-handedly deployed the army. Even he was once the chief of staff of the army Chowdhury directly said to him, "people of Bangladesh can not be controlled by the army. It was not possible in 1971, not in 1990 and there is no legitimate way to succeed in 2006". After that meeting he decided to resign if the army is being used. And next day when he came to know about the deployment he immediately resigned along with three others advisers Akbar Ali Khan, CM Shafi Sami and Sultana Kamal. Answering to a question about why he was so anxious about the deployment he said, Other regular agencies of the government are proved to be sufficient to maintain law and order. If the election holds, the army could be used for special purposes. But their activities would be in debate if they are used so early. Chowdhury also disagreed to take all the responsibilities for the political crisis and blamed the opposite alliances for the cause. He also thought of expressing his thinking about the situation later by writing a book.