 Major Syed Faruque Rahman; Khandaker Abdur Rashid; Shariful Haque Dalim; and Mohiuddin Ahmed, along with A. K. M. Mohiuddin Ahmed, Bazlul Huda, and S. H. M. B. Noor Chowdhury (three majors in the Bangladesh Army and veterans of the Bangladesh Liberation War), planned to topple the government and establish a military government of their own.They were previously part of the opposition to BAKSAL and viewed the government as too subservient to India and a threat to Bangladesh's military.Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, an Awami League cabinet minister under Mujib's government, agreed to take over the Presidency.