Certainly his personal image, connection and credibility can not be harmful to Bangladesh. If he becomes president then at least we will have someone with pre-established personality. I do not know what's in the mind of Begum Zia but she already raised Prof. Yonus issue in international forum.
I think arrogant la-hasina made a blunder here. BNP can bank on his issue, gain support from international community and then go all out movement for mid term election along with Islamic parties. History can be made here.![]()
To understand the psyche of this lady you have to go through her past deeds. During the 2001-06 term, she was jealous of Dr. Badruddoza Chowdhury because he himself was popular among the populace. So, it was a reason that he was ousted from Presidency arbitrarily. This was the 1st sign of internal friction and ultimately BNP crushed into a 30-seat party in the Parliament.
Now, a similar thing may happen to Dr. Yunus, too. Party people are very bad in Bangladesh, they may not respect a person who was not their party worker. These people will keep on talking ill behind his back and will report to Begum Zia on tiny things. She, being half educated and a woman, will trust her lieutenants.
I think, it would be unwise for Dr. Yunus should go after Presidentship. I would suggest, he becomes the PM and KZ remains the party Chief and becomes the President of the Republic. In any of the cases, of course, BNP will have to win the majority of seats. But, I do not really believe that KZ will do what I have proposed here.