Distorting image of Dr. Yunus
Our country is facing so many problems but instead of improving the condition which is clearly worsening every day (disappearance of people, communication hassle, deteriorating law and order, to name a few) the government is busy with unimportant issues. None of the banks gave loan to the poor people before Dr. Yunus. Dr. Yunus saved the poor people from the so-called "Mohajon", who used to take 150 to 200% interest. Interest rate of many microcredit providers including some government organisations is significantly higher than that of Grameen Bank. The money taken as interest is being used to make Grameen Bank sustainable so that it can continue to help the helpless. Moreover, Grameen Bank is giving loan to the poor students with which many students are studying. It is also providing interest-free loan to thousands of beggars. People all over the world are getting benefit from microcredit introduced Grameen Bank. If Grameen Bank had not brought any benefit to the people, it would have failed long time ago. All the corruption cases against the politicians of the government party have been dismissed without any proper investigation whereas Dr. Yunus welcomed investigation of corruption charges against him. Subsequently he was proved innocent. But now the government has taken a vow to malign Professor Yunus. The government is planning to take over the Grameen Bank and make it a state enterprise. The result will be that the AL politicians' own people will be appointed in key positions and the profit coming from it will be shared by them. I foresee that this is going to happen to Grameen Bank. It will be a business enterprise of AL politicians and this will be done before the next election. In this way, by endangering the livelihood of 8.4 million poor women, this government is going to be the worst enemy of the poor in the history of Bangladesh.
Regarding the four-member commission made to conducting probe into Grameen Bank and 54 of its associates, I would say that they will give report which will be prepared in the AL office. Why the AL has become so arrogant after Yunus' getting the Nobel prize is crystal clear to everybody. This government proved itself to be a fool by considering the people fools.
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