Yunus' formula
Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus advocated a 'coalition government' formula in his speech delivered at a civic reception at the Sangsad Bhaban premises organised by the Dhaka City Corporation. In his speech he suggested a concept of coalition government where the two biggest rival parties in Bangladesh would form government by mutual understanding and compromise. The proposal is obviously good but not a practical one in anyway. Actually, immediately after I had heard the proposal I did not have to think twice before forming my personal opinion about the inefficacy of his suggestions (I beg his pardon if I am too critical about this). Actually, the idea of a coalition government is not new in our country and people in this country are quite familiar with this concept, because our country has been practically divided into two alliances (broadly marking secularists and non-secularists). So, I have nothing to say against the concept of 'coalition govt'. But what seems to me quite absurd in the proposal of Dr Yunus is his invitation to the two arch rivals, AL and BNP, to mingle and form a 'consensus govt'. It is worth mentioning that the main leaders of the two parties do not even talk to each other. (They do not want to see each other's face). Professor Yunus himself could perceive the superficiality of his formula as he latter told in his speech in the Press Club that his formula could be a utopia indeed.
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