Dhaka, Dec 10:
Former Bangladeshi intelligence officer Aminul Haque Polash has accused Nobel Peace Prize winner and interim government chief adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus of creating and operating a covert parallel power structure in Bangladesh long before officially entering political leadership.
Speaking in an exclusive interview, Polash claimed that Yunus oversaw what he described as a “carefully engineered system” involving nearly 50 interconnected organizations, including NGOs, financial entities, academic platforms, and influence networks embedded across civil society.
According to Polash, this network enabled Yunus to exert unofficial influence over key state institutions, policy decisions and legal processes — a structure he says functioned as a “shadow state” beneath the formal government.
“While the world celebrates him as a humanitarian icon, those inside the system witnessed a different reality,” Polash stated, accusing Yunus of using international credibility as a shield to accumulate domestic influence.
Polash further alleges that after Yunus assumed leadership in the interim administration, legal cases tied to him and his organizations “vanished from active scrutiny,” and several key appointments were allegedly filled by individuals aligned with or benefiting from his network.
No publicly available court documents or independent audits have yet verified these allegations, and supporters of Yunus have dismissed the claims as exaggerated, politically motivated, or part of a coordinated attempt to undermine the interim government.
The accusations arrive during an already tense political climate, with the interim administration facing criticism over transparency, selective governance and human-rights concerns. Analysts say the claims may intensify scrutiny on Yunus’s leadership and could trigger domestic or international inquiry if momentum builds.
For now, the allegations remain unproven, yet they have sparked renewed debate over whether Bangladesh is witnessing reform — or a reconfiguration of power under a new figurehead.
