Who is Mohammad Yunus, the head of the interim government of Bangladesh?
Mohammad Yunus was born in British-ruled undivided India in 1940. He was born in Hathazari, Chittagong District, which is in present-day Bangladesh. Yunus is an economist from Bangladesh, but very few of us know that he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2006 not for any economic theory, but for peace. He established Grameen Bank (a microfinancing organization) in Bangladesh, which is stated to have made many Bangladeshi women self-reliant.Thanks to the Anandabazar (media) Group of West Bengal, we, the Indian Bengalis, almost started to treat him as a God-sent person. But, subsequently, one after another skeleton started to tumble out from his cupboard. We came to know that his Grameen Bank gives loans at a very high interest rate (according to Sheikh Hasina, he is a 'bloodsucker of poor people'). He is alleged to be involved in many financial irregularities and corruption. He was even alleged to obstruct the construction of 'Padma Setu' (Bridge on River Padma) in Bangladesh by using his influence in the World Bank not to grant a loan to Bangladesh for this purpose. Later Bangladesh completed the construction from its own resources, although there was a huge time overrun and cost overrun. Now, we hear that Mohammad Yunus has been trying to create a terrible and volatile condition for Sheikh Hasina for the last one year with active collaboration with Tarek Rahman (exiled opposition leader of Bangladesh now in London), George Soros, ISI and other communal forces operating from the middle-east Asia.
However, with the direct support of the armed forces of Bangladesh and the communal, anti-Hasina faction of students of the country, Mohammad Yunus has now become the head of the interim government of Bangladesh. But I have grave doubts whether this 84+ person with no administrative experience can guide Bangladesh in this terrible situation.
Despite all these, I would like to follow 'wait & watch' policy in respect of Mohammad Yunus as the head of the interim government of Bangladesh. If he fails, the Bangladesh Army will be always ready to take over.