DHAKA, May 23:
Bangladesh’s interim Government chief Muhammad Yunus is mulling resignation as he is finding it difficult to work in view of political parties failing to reach a common ground to bring a change in the country, according to a media report.
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Student-led National Citizen Party chief Nhid Islam was quoted by BBC Bangla Service that Yunus is apprehensive over the evolving political situation in the country and whether he will be able to carry on with his work.
“He (Yunus) said he is thinking about it (resignation). He feels that the situation is such that he cannot work,” Islam said on Thursday night after he met with the 84-year-old leader.
Islam said he went to meet Chief Adviser Yunus after hearing throughout the day about the speculation of his resignation.
“Sir (Yunus) said, ‘If I can’t work… I was brought here after a mass uprising to bring change and reform to the country. But in the current situation, with mounting pressure from movements and the way I’m being cornered, this isn’t how I can work,” Islam told the BBC Bangla.
Another media report referring to unnamed sources close to Yunus said he actually threatened to resign if political parties do not give him their backing and expressed his desire to quit at a cabinet or advisory council meeting earlier on Thursday.
It said the other advisers, effectively ministers, however, persuaded him not to do so.
Islam told the BBC that he urged Yunus “‘to stay strong for the sake of the country’s security, and future and to meet the expectations of the mass uprising’ (and) I hope everyone will cooperate with him”. (PTI)
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