Dhaka, March 21 -- In a striking Facebook early Friday, Hasnat Abdullah claimed that under the stewardship of India, a plot is being hatched to rehabilitate the Awami League.

In the post, Hasnat divulged details of a key meeting held at the Cantonment on March 11, between himself and two others from NCP with presumably military leadership, where a proposal was put forward to them to bring back the AL to mainstream politics.

He wrote: "On 11 March, at 2:30 pm, this plan was presented to me and two others at the Cantonment. It was proposed that in exchange for negotiated seat sharing (at the next election), we should accept this offer. We were told that the same proposal was put forward to multiple political parties - and, subject to cert...