Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Moudud Ahmed on Friday said that the Grameen Bank (Amendment) Ordinance would be repealed to ensure empowerment of women if the party is voted to power.
Addressing a discussion at National Press Club, the BNP standing committee member asked the government to repeal the ordinance.
By promulgating Grameen Bank (Amendment) Ordinance, the government wants to control the Grameen Bank like other state-owned banks, he said.
Moudud, also former law minister, said the government had declared war against the poor women through the amendment ordinance.
Mentioning that 80 lakh poor women recipients of loans are the owners of the Grameen Bank, Moudud said women would reply the government’s activities in next elections.
President Zillur Rahman on Wednesday promulgated the Grameen Bank (Amendment) Ordinance 2012, making provision for the formation of a selection committee to appoint the managing director of the world famous micro-credit organisation.
Moudud said Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus had ensured the empowerment of poor women through micro-credit and Grameen Bank had been recognised worldwide as a model institution.
He said the ordinance has been promulgated to snatch the rights of the poor women.
Moudud said the opposition movement would continue as long as the issue of holding election under a non-party government would not be settled. ‘No compromise on this issue,’ he said.
Jatiyatabadi Sangskritik Dal organised the discussion on the Prime Minister’s Proposal for Election System : Apprehension of People. Presided over by president of the organisation MM Mehbub Rahman, BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy also addressed the discussion.
-With New Age input
