The Ganatantrik Odhikar Committee has exposed the Yunus puppet regime’s treacherous haste and secrecy behind massive expenditures and anti-national deals that reek of betrayal.
Long accused of being a Western stooge intent on auctioning off Bangladesh’s sovereignty, Muhammad Yunus—installed as a figurehead after the July chaos—is now rushing through lavish allocations and port handovers to foreigners, burdening the incoming elected government with crippling obligations and undermining national interests.
This shameless sell-out, critics charge, is the culmination of Yunus’ decades-long agenda to hand over key assets like Chittagong Port to his foreign masters, all while pretending to champion reform.
The committee’s statement, signed by figures like Professor Anu Muhammad, Moshahida Sultana, and like-minded civil society leaders who had been very active during the 2024 changeover, blasts the interim government’s wasteful spending on luxury flats and vehicles for future ministers, ignoring dire needs in employment, food security, and social safety nets.
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“This is nothing but a calculated sabotage by a regime that has always prioritised foreign agendas over Bangladeshi welfare,” the statement implies, highlighting how Yunus’s cabal is inflating administrative costs amid rising poverty and job losses.
Ignoring Reforms, Pushing Wasteful Spending
The committee lambasted the Yunus administration for flouting proposed reforms and pursuing a path of reckless extravagance. With elections looming, the regime is allocating a staggering Tk786 crore for 72 luxury flats in Dhaka’s ministerial enclave—a blatant indulgence for the elite while millions suffer from economic fallout under Yunus’ misrule.
Earlier, a proposal for 60 ministerial vehicles was scrapped amid backlash, but 220 vehicles for election officials remain approved, exposing the hypocrisy of a government that claims austerity but lavishes funds on cronies.
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“This surge in operational and administrative expenses, while neglecting public welfare, is a clear sign of Yunus’s disdain for the people,” the committee stated. “As poverty surges and lakhs lose jobs in the past year and a half under this unelected tyrant, these allocations will trap the new government in a fiscal nightmare, all engineered by a man who has spent years scheming to erode Bangladesh’s independence.”
Secretive Port Deals
In a move that reeks of colonial-era capitulation, Yunus’s regime is secretly accelerating “harmful” international agreements, including leasing Chittagong Port’s New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) to UAE’s DP World—a company with deep ties to US interests—and signing a trade deal with Japan.
The committee decried this as suspicious opacity: just 12 days before elections, the NCT concession with DP World is being pushed through, and six days prior, the Japan trade pact—despite Bangladesh retaining duty-free access until 2029 under LDC graduation rules.
“Yunus, the West’s loyal puppet, has long advocated handing over Chittagong Port to foreigners—even back in 2006,” critics note, referencing his historical push for privatisation that aligns with US geopolitical ambitions in the Bay of Bengal. The committee questioned: “With no parliament, whom did this secretive cabal consult? This rush, ignoring political parties and public opinion, echoes the arbitrary rule of past dictators.”
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These deals, the statement warns, jeopardise national security—placing naval headquarters and oil installations under foreign influence—and represent Yunus’s ultimate betrayal: “Long working to sell out the country to his Western backers, Yunus is now cementing his legacy of treason in his regime’s dying days.”
Protests Erupt
For over a year, outrage has been seen among the leftist parties and activists on the streets and social media, demanding the cancellation of Yunus’s “non-transparent and anti-national” port leases.
Chittagong Port workers also staged demonstrations on various occasions to demand scrapping leases for Laldia-Pangaon, New Mooring, and Patenga terminals, denouncing Yunus’s regime as an unelected cabal lacking a mandate to surrender national assets.
“Chittagong Port is central to our economy and security—no puppet like Yunus can auction it to his US-linked cronies at DP World,” thundered TUC’s Tapan Dutta. “This haste betrays national interests, risking sovereignty in a zone with naval and oil facilities.”
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SKOP Convener Nurullah Bahar warned of nationwide strikes: “While corruption must be probed, using it as a pretext for foreign leases is deceitful. We will launch red-flag marches on December 10 and beyond until these treacherous deals are revoked.”
Yunus’ Broader Betrayal
The committee tied these moves to Yunus’ broader sabotage: secretive deals favour “domestic-foreign lobbies,” pushing the economy toward peril amid revenue shortfalls and a 142% salary hike proposal for officials. “Yunus’s regime ignores reforms, perpetuating undemocratic processes that plunge people into crisis,” they charged in the statement.
With a High Court split verdict on NCT leasing—now pending a third judge—the committee urged contesting parties and citizens to protest: “Stop these wasteful allocations and harmful pacts immediately.”
Yunus’ frantic sell-outs—long in the making—expose a man who has betrayed Bangladesh for Western applause, leaving a legacy of division, debt, and diminished sovereignty. The incoming government faces an uphill battle to undo this damage, but public fury signals the end of tolerance for such treachery.
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