Senior journalist Masood Kamal has said that Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus is dividing the nation and pushing the country toward a civil war by implementing his plans to hold elections in April, facilitate the Rakhine Corridor, and transfer the management of the Chittagong Port to a foreign company.
Analysing Yunus’ pre-Eid speeches, he said on Saturday that the chief adviser has exacerbated the division among his countrymen by delivering his address to the nation on Friday.ย
According to the journalist, Yunus has defended his position regarding the port and corridor issues. He also criticised Yunus for nepotism in selecting the company to manage the Chittagong Port.
โDid he choose the company through an international competition? This is not a personal matter but a matter of the state,โ said the journalist.
Yunus also used โdangerous wordsโ to ask the people to resist those who do not support his plan. โHe has provoked the people against the army, the BNP, and all but his 4-5 small parties, like Jamaat-e-Islami, Islami Andolan Bangladesh and the Kingโs party, Jatiya Nagorik Party.
โYou have triggered a war. Previously, your adviser Mahfuj Alam also warned about waging a civil war. Have you (Yunus) been put at the helm to wage a civil war?
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โWho is supporting your timeframe for elections? Jamaat and NCP have supported you. Meanwhile, the NCP has put conditions on joining the elections: declaration of the July Charter and constituting the Election Commission.โ
Masood Kamal also ridiculed the NCP, saying that while this party has not acquired party registration yet, they are calling for the resignation of the EC. โWhere have they gotten so much confidence? You (Yunus)!
โThe EC also does not have a backbone. It will comply whenever NCP demands anything. The EC has said that the Jamaat will get back its party symbol. How did the EC decide it in principle? Did they add scale to the list of symbols?
โThe NCP will raise the demand for reconstituting the EC before the elections. And Yunus will evidently agree to the demand.โ
Masood Kamal said that all parties, including the BNP, have rejected Yunusโ election timeframe. Moreover, holding the election in February is not practically possible due to the month-long Ramadan, Eid, and SSC and HSC exams.
โYou have no idea about the education sector. It is not a big deal to you. Only Allah knows why you came to power. A generation is getting detached from studies. But the government does not bother. The students who passed HSC last year could not even start their university classes, though almost one year has already passed.
โYou are busy with your port and humanitarian corridor. Do not do politics too much. You are not a politician and have not been a good performer yet.โ
Rejecting the December deadline for polls and choosing April means the elections will not be held by October next year, Masood Kamal said. โYou will show an excuse in the eleventh hour and defer the polls. Do not do this with the country, ordinary people, and political parties. Do not do this politics.
โI do not know what charm these great people get by pitting people against people. We treat them as great men. I am not yet sure why there is pettiness among the great people.โ
Yunus feels no obligation to explain why the elections cannot take place by December. Rather, he defended his analysis by declaring polls in the first half of April. He did not consider the public exams. He must clarify the basis of his analysis.
โPeople will not accept your words unless you clarify them. I will request these people not to make them more controversial,โ the senior journalist concluded.
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