Dear Alochoks
What a wonderful display of the Nethrist in action!
He cannot bring himself to accept the jealousies and rotten strategies of his own Nethri. As a typical Nethrist he would rather go to the moon than take an honest look in the mirror. And so, instead of admitting to his own Nethri's vindictive jealousy (as internationally reported) he goes looking for the jealousy of the opposition Nethri! After trawling through the archives he comes up with his evidence. Let us observe the thinking of the Nethrist.
In both the articles the Nethrist has presented there is no mention of Khaleda, nor indeed is there any quote of hers. We have the Nethrist stating that his source told him Khaleda had instructed Saifur Rahman to trash Yunus. This is probably, but not evidently, true. My source tells me that before Hasina's infamous press conference where she lost control of her mouth and trashed Yunus at least three ministers had asked her to avoid the subject and let them deal with Yunus through their ministries. Hasina replied that Yunus had been unsupportive of Mujib back in 1974 and that he deserved punishment for that and that the jonogon wanted her to attack to Yunus. Well, we all saw her performance at that press conference. After the fallout it seems she has decided it is better to keep her mouth shut and to instruct her Ministers to do the dirty work. It seems infact that she may have learned something from Khaleda :) Both ladies are ridiculous.
Returning to the evidence. There is no evidence of jealousy here. There is no name calling. There is no crass sloganeering. There is no obvious vendetta. There is no behind the scenes conspiracy.
What we do have is Saifur Rahman saying that the Government has invested in infrastructure and that Grameen has not :) And of course, his is annoyed that Grameen receives such acclaim abroad. Perhaps if the Government turned itself into an NGO it would be more productive and would be able to translate its values and results to the world - and the people of Bangladesh : ) This AL government is in the same boat but has reacted in a far worse manner.
The Nethrist of AL and the Nethrist of BNP are both educated and honest individuals. But they are basically a type of cretin. They are learned but believe that the grandchild of their Nethri is more fit to rule than their own unborn grandchild. The Nethrist likes to think he is a loyal soldier but he is not. He is after all, incapable of thinking for himself, incapable of dissent, incapable of rebellion, incapable of succession planning and incapable of a manly demeanour. The Nethrist, is in short, as capable of disloyalty as a dog to his master or an infant to his mother.
Nethrists cannot be taught, conditioned or forced into a new political destiny for themselves or their party. Time is the only medicine. For time will see them die off and be replaced by their own free thinking, modern and marvellous children who will always put Bangladesh before any crackpot, tinpot, third rate politician.
Ezajur Rahman
Kuwait
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Shamim Chowdhury <veirsmill@...> wrote:
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> Khaleda Zia is making hue and cry on expulsion of Dr. Yunus from Grameen
> Bank. Conversely, while she was in power her government’s attitude
> toward Dr. Yunus was full of jealousy. From a close source of Khaleda
> Zia who dose not wants to be named told journalists that Khaleda Zia
> directed her Finance Minister Saifur Rahman to disparage the news of Dr.
> Yunus getting Nobel Prize. Accordingly BNP Finance Minister ridiculed
> Dr. Yunus saying “ FOKIRNIR HATA DUI TEEN HAZAR TAKA AR AKTA MOBILE
> PHONE DHORAI DILA DESHER UNNOYON HOYNA.Finance Minister Saifur Rahman
> cast doubt on contributions by Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and
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> credit to the country's development.
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> instruction FM Saifur Rahman arranged agitation against Dr.Yunus and
> Grameen Bank in Sylhet and elsewhere
> during BNP first term in power. Finance Minister himself said in his
> speech speaking at the inaugural ceremony of Dutch Bangla Bank Ltd
> Moulvibazar branch in Oct 19th of 2006.
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> Now in 2011 being opposition
> leader Khaleda Zia all of a sudden becomes solemn defender of Dr. Yunus
> and Grameen Bank. Who you believe, Khaleda Zia of 1991 and 1996 who
> asked her Finance Minister to agitate people against Dr. Yunus and
> Grameen as well as ridicule role of Grameen small finance in real
> economy or the champion defender of Grameen and Dr. Yunus in 2011.
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> Readers please read Daily Star report on October of 2006 and come to your own conclusion.
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> Thanks,
> Shamim Chowdhury
> Maryland, U.S.A.
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> Link: http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/10/23/d61023011713.htm
> Link: http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/10/20/d61020011913.htm
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> reserve of foreign exchange?" Saifur asked while addressing a farewell
> programme at the finance and planning ministry. Officials of his
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> government's tenure expires on October 27.The minister
> sarcastically remarked that the government has established thousands of
> schools across the country. He posed a question whether a handful of
> those institutions was established by Prof Yunus or the BRAC.Citing
> examples of the country's development during the BNP government's rule,
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> Prof Yunus won Nobel Peace Prize for microcredit Saifur claimed the
> then government of 1979-80 actually initiated the system.Meanwhile, in his last speech as a minister of the outgoing government, Saifur yesterday discussed a number of other issues.Regretting
> the current political trend, the minister said he would not involve in
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> arena.He stressed that these unethical "things" are the reasons behind corruption.He mentioned an incident when a World Bank official informed him of a serious corruption attempt in a project.Saifur
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> corruption, saying officials from international organisations are
> equally involved in irregularities.He expressed his
> frustration over the mammoth size of the government and the differences
> among the ministers, MPs and bureaucrats and lamented for the "good old
> days"."We miserably lack democratic mentality," he bemoaned.Though
> Bangladesh has a permanent civil service, Saifur said corruption
> occurred too frequently in this sector and it must be stopped.Admitting
> that his ministry had delayed project implementation process, he said,
> "The prime minister used to say that the planning ministry is to blame
> for these."The planning ministry actually holds up the project
> proposals from the concerned ministries as it finds various problems
> during scrutiny and thus the implementation further slows down.The
> accusation is 99 percent appropriate, Saifur observed, adding, though
> he formed a committee to avoid such circumstances it did not work.The minister started working at 10:30am and except for two to three hours, he was busy signing files even at the farewell venue.Saifur also attended a programme at the Finance Division yesterday.
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> relieve themselves of poverty with the help of microcredit only and they
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> able to win the Nobel Peace Prize only because he has good relations
> with former US president Bill Clinton and New York Senator Hillary
> Clinton, who helped Yunus in this regard. Saifur also criticised
> Yunus' recent announcement to form a new political party. The finance
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> Yunus has been the victim of the government's political vendetta and
> urged all to remain alert about its 'pernicious campaign'.
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> controversy unleashed over Grameen Bank and Prof Muhammad Yunus is the
> manifestation of political meanness. It'll only harm the microfinance
> organisation, depriving the underprivileged people, and women," she said
> in a statement on Sunday.
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> press secretary Maruf Kamal, Khaleda said, "The government has long
> been involved in undermining a personality like Prof Yunus of
> international repute in a planned way."
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> "…it has become clear
> to all that the recent move to remove him [Yunus] as the managing
> director of Grameen Bank is the effort to bring down the curtain of the
> conspiracy against the Nobel laureate," Khaleda said, voicing her deep
> concern over the incident.
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> She continued: The 'unethical and
> discourteous' behaviour towards Yunus reflects some government high-ups'
> sheer jealousy against him and lack of knowledge about his
> contributions.
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> Referring to the role of Grameen Bank in
> changing the lots of poor people both at home and abroad, Khaleda said,
> "The organisation [Grameen Bank] has been in a constant effort to
> improve the state of the poor people, particularly of the womenfolk …
> organisations like Grameen Bank has been replicated in Africa, South
> America and even in the USA to alleviate poverty."
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> unfortunate that the present prime minister [Sheikh Hasina], whenever
> she gets any chance, undermines the role of Grameen Bank and other
> microfinance institutions through her sweeping comments that do not
> match her position," observed Khaleda, also a former prime minister.
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> alleged that the government had neither left any room for justice in
> the country nor had it been able to protect the name and fame of any
> respectable citizen.
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> The BNP chief said, "Grameen Bank is a
> non-government organisation with government stake in it. Although the
> chairman of the organisation is nominated by the government, it is
> virtually a self-governed organisation under the direct supervision of
> its board of directors."
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> "Its female members own 95 percent of
> its shares while the government has a scanty 3.5 percent stake. So,
> there is no reasonable ground to consider it as a government-owned
> organisation. The bid to label Grameen as a scheduled bank only reflects
> the ignorance about related rules and regulations," Khaleda added.
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> "The
> issue, I believe, should be kept above party politics and personal
> meanness," she said and called upon all irrespective of political
> affiliations and beliefs to unite against the heinous attempt to malign
> respected personalities.
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> She also hoped that the people of good
> conscience, teachers, employees, peasants, labourers, professionals,
> political activists and the members of Grameen Bank in particular, would
> unitedly foil the conspiracy against Yunus as well as Grameen Bank.
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