President Mohammed Shahabuddin today did not deny or refute reports of his possible resignation, terming the question "embarrassing."

In a WhatsApp interview with The Daily Star today at 6:10pm, the president, when asked directly if he planned to step down, said, “You will see. [It's an] embarrassing question.”

He rejected claims that two ministers had recently met him, calling the claims “false” and “lies.”

Asked about reports of a phone conversation with ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Shahabuddin said, “Only when someone has lost their mind will come up with such concocted stuff. It is baseless, baseless and baseless. Totally baseless.”

“I have acted fairly all my life. I do not like to manufacture any news,” he added.

He claimed that he was undergoing medical treatment in London at that time.

When asked whether he was waiting for the the speaker of Jatiya Sangsad to return to the country, President Shahabuddin said he was not supposed to be aware of the speaker's whereabouts.