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Yunus slated by 51 noted citizens

BSS, Dhaka
Expressing concern over a recent statement of Prof Muhammad Yunus, 51 eminent citizens yesterday said that after losing the legal battle, the Nobel laureate has been putting pressure on the country through “super power" and donor agencies, exploiting his personal relations with them.
"Such unexpected pressure is tantamount to
SEE PAGE 19 COL 8 FROM PAGE 1 interference in the country's internal affairs, which is not acceptable to the citizens of an independent state," they said in a joint statement.
They said there is a difference of opinion between the government and Yunus over the appointment process of Grameen Bank’s managing director.
The eminent citizens said Bangladesh Bank removed Yunus from the post of managing director of Grameen Bank because of expiry of his service age as per the government's service rule. Yunus lodged a case and the country's highest court delivered a judgment in favour of the government decision. The matter was settled through a legal process.
Anyone could have a different opinion about the recent amendment the government has brought to the Grameen Bank Ordinance for the third time, they said.
"But we are observing that Dr Yunus is putting pressure on the country through' super power' and different donor agencies.
"We are also observing that Dr Yunus in a statement has tried to misguide people, especially the young generation, saying a new government after coming to power would change this ordinance to reinstate Grameen Bank in its previous position.
"But he did not make clear what he wanted to say about the new government, when an elected government is in power," they said.
"We know Dr Yunus formed a new political party when a conspiracy was going on to implement a 'minus-two formula' after the two leaders were arrested during the tenure of the last caretaker government.”
They urged people to remain alert to any sorts of conspiracy that can harm the country'sdemocracy.
The fifty-one signatories to the statement include Prof Zillur Rahman Siddique, Artist Quayum Chowdhury, Sayed Shamsul Haq, Artist Hashem Khan, Shamsuzzaman Khan, Kamal Lohani, Justice (retd) Mejbah Uddin Ahmed, Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique, Jahangirnagar University VC Prof Anwar Hossain, Prof Nazrul Islam, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University VC Prof Prangopal Dutta, economist Abul Barakat, Prof Abdul Khalek, poet Belal Chowdhury, Ramendu Majumder, Mamunur Rashid, Selina Hossain and poet Nirmalendu Gun.