Dhaka, Feb. 24 -- President Md Shahabuddin has said there were attempts to stage a "counter-revolution" in the immediate aftermath of the July-August 2024 mass uprising that ended the Awami League's decade-and-a-half rule.

He also said he was subjected to intense pressure from different quarters to declare a state of emergency at the time.

The president made the remarks in an interview with the daily Kaler Kantho on Friday night. The newspaper published the second and final instalment of the interview on Tuesday.

Shahabuddin, 75, assumed office as president on Apr 24, 2023, during the Awami League government. A former Anti-Corruption Commission commissioner, he was widely known as "Shahabuddin Chuppu".

As head of state, Shahabuddin is...