Govt plotting to jail Prof Yunus out of personal vendetta: Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today alleged that the government is plotting to send Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus to jail out of vengeance.
"This is such a government, which does not know how to show minimum respect to virtuous people. Dr Yunus is the only person in Bangladesh who won a Nobel Prize. They [the govt] are now working against him in a way that he will be thrown into jail," he said.
Speaking at a discussion, the BNP leader said a ruling party minister exposed the government's move to imprison Dr Yunus by saying that even the president of the United States had to go to jail.
Fakhrul said the charges brought against the ex-US president Donald Trump and Dr Yunus are not the same.
"You [the govt] are trying to send Dr Yunus to prison because of personal vendetta. You're trying to send him to jail and victimise him by filing cases, bringing the charges against him because of enmity," the BNP leader observed.
He slammed Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader for his comment that the BNP was trying to play an evil game to make a political gain by making Prof Yunus an issue.
"We have no reason to depend on Dr Yunus. We're completely relying on the people of this country. We believe that the people of this country are the source of all power and the people will establish their government and change their destiny," the BNP leader said.
"Why don't you want to hold the election under a non-partisan neutral government? The reason is that you know very well that if you do that, you won't even get 10 seats," Fakhrul said.
Fakhrul alleged that the government is trying to send its opponents to jail quickly to secure its illegal power.
"Their [the govt's] intention is clear. They want to jail all those who oppose them, those who are not on their side and those who are asking them to quit. They're moving fast in that direction."
He alleged that the law ministry has created a cell instructing it to quickly identify all the sensational cases against opposition leaders so that those can be disposed of very quickly.
He also feared that the government may send him to jail in the days to come as the trial proceedings of a case filed against him are being rushed.
"The trial of one of my cases started a few days ago. I think I will have to go to jail within a month or two. Their purpose is clear. They won't keep anyone out (of jail)."
The discussion programme was organised by pro-BNP student leaders of Ducsu and All Party Students Unity (Apsu) of the 90s at Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU).
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