Guwahati: Exiled Bangladeshi author and human rights activist Taslima Nasreen has written to the Nobel Committee to withdraw the Nobel Peace Prize that was awarded to Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser of Bangladesh‘s interim government.
Taslima has accused Yunus of misusing his position at Grameen Bank, alleging that he evaded taxes over the years and misappropriated foreign donations intended for microfinance operations.
She also accused the Bangladesh’s chief adviser of disrupting peace and crippling the economic growth of the country.
Taslima Nasrin’s letter paints a disturbing picture of current affairs in Bangladesh. She claimed that Yunus, now 84, has “illegally assumed power” with the help of jihadi militants.
She alleged that over the past nine months, the country has seen targeted violence against political opposition members and the Hindu minority community, resulting in deaths, arson, and widespread imprisonment.
In her letter to the Nobel Committee, Taslima wrote, “You awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh. But he has not done a single act for peace. While at Grameen Bank, he evaded taxes, used foreign donations intended for the bank to establish numerous business ventures, and when women who took microloans failed to repay with interest, Grameen Bank’s enforcers would demolish their homes.
Now, he has illegally assumed power in Bangladesh by aligning with jihadi militants. Over the past nine months, under his orders, opposition members and minority Hindus have been killed, their homes burned and destroyed, and many have been falsely imprisoned. He has demolished the country’s history museum and obliterated statues of Bengali heroes. As an agent of Pakistan — the defeated force of 1971 — he is now frenziedly preparing for war against neighboring India.”
“He is dragging the country into a terrifying crisis — economic, political, and social. He harbors hatred and vengeance in his heart. His behavior is uncivilized, barbaric, and brutal. He wants to kill all opposition members. He has no desire for peace,” she said.
“Not even for a single day in these nine months has there been peace in the country. And you awarded him the Nobel Peace Prize? Please take back his Nobel Prize. Set a precedent in favor of peace,” she added.
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The author, who is now based in India, had written on X, “Hasina in order to please Islamists threw me out of my country in 1999 after I entered Bangladesh to see my mother in her deathbed and never allowed me to enter the country again. The same Islamists have been in the student movement who forced Hasina to leave the country today.”
