The speaker's name is Narendra Damodar Das Modi. Venue: Mumbai, Date: January 3, 2015. And the one who is meant to say the words, he is none other than the 'banker of the poor'. Muhammad Yunus. After about a decade, who assumed the role of Chief Advisor to the Interim Government of Bangladesh.
The words were—'Today we have with us a Nobel laureate, whose interpretation and interpretation of sociology has led to the poorest of society finding hope, opportunity and dignity in their lives as well.'
The stage where Narendra Modi was speaking these words was the opening ceremony of the 102nd Science Congress of India. This Science Congress is the most prestigious annual conference of the holistic science practice and scientists of India. The conference is traditionally inaugurated by the prime minister of India, and it was the country's first science congress after Narendra Modi became prime minister.
A total of five Nobel laureates were invited to the conference in Mumbai – four of them in different fields of science, and the fifth was Muhammad Yunus, the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. After receiving the honor from Prime Minister Modi. Yunus also addressed the plenary session in front of about 20,000 delegates of the Science Congress.
Although not a scientist in the traditional sense, Muhammad Yunus was invited to the Science Congress of India, but it was in the interest of the Prime Minister's Office.
At that time, a former top bureaucrat who was connected to Narendra Modi's office said, 'Narendra Modi was actually Dr. Appreciation of the work of Yunus. He thought that Dr. as a leading 'sociologist' in the world. If Yunus comes to Mumbai, the Science Congress of India will benefit.'
Dr. When Yunus won the Nobel Prize (2006), Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat. In fact, since then he said. Yunus has been closely following the activities of Grameen Bank and Microcredit Project. The state of Gujarat also has a very rich history of cooperative movement, there Dr. Modi's state government also thought about how the microfinance introduced by Yunus could help the poor people.
After becoming the country's prime minister in 2014, Dr. Narendra Modi's personal interest in Yunus has not decreased.
The proof of which is not only in Mumbai, then Muhammad Yunus was invited as a special guest at the 104th Science Congress of India held in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh in 2017. As usual, that step was also taken in the sole interest of the Prime Minister's Office.
In 2015 at the University of Mumbai and exactly two years later at the Sri Venkateswara University in Tirupati, both the Science Congress programs were attended by Narendra Modi himself. Muhammad awarded Yunus the gold medal, conferred the honor and presented the certificate.
Remember, Mumbai and Tirupati when Dr. Yunus is invited as a special guest by the Indian government, but in Bangladesh, Dr. Sheikh Hasina with the government. Yunus's personal relationship started to turn sour – there were even lawsuits against him. However, despite the very close relationship between the governments of Dhaka and Delhi at that time, Dr. India. He did not hesitate to give Yunus the honor he deserved.
After the reception and gold medal at the Science Congress in Mumbai, Dr. Yunus and other invited Nobel laureates also met Prime Minister Modi for tea that afternoon.
The homepage of the 'Yunus Centre' states: 'Besides Professor Yunus, the tea ceremony with Prime Minister Modi was attended by Paul Nurse of London, Nobel Laureate in Medicine in 2001, Kurt Urtrich of Switzerland, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry in 2002, Ada E Yonath of Israel, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry in 2009, Nobel Laureate in Medicine in 2013 Randy from the United States Shakeman.'
'They also had an open exchange of ideas on how to use the latest advances in the world of science and technology for the development of the country and attract the best talent to the world of science.'
Two years later, the same scene was repeated at the Tirupati Science Congress, Narendra Modi and Dr. Muhammad Yunus. Their personal relationship becomes more intense.
Some of India's political observers say that on the evening of August 8, Dr. Within minutes of swearing in the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus in Dhaka, Prime Minister Modi tweeted congratulating him – a big reason behind this is that he knows Professor Yunus personally, respects his work.
'Or I don't think the Prime Minister would have congratulated the head of a government whose constitutional legitimacy India has doubts about. Dr. It was possible because of Yunus, it would not have been possible if it had been anyone else', a former top diplomat of India told the Bengali Tribune.
However, in October, on the sidelines of the United Nations Security Council session in New York with Prime Minister Modi. India passed on Yunus's request to hold the meeting – but there were also some 'diplomatic obligations' on India's part. However, neither Delhi nor Dhaka is ruling out the possibility of a meeting between the two leaders at the BIMSTEC summit in Thailand (which is expected to take place within the next two to three months).
Whatever discomfort there may be in the diplomatic relationship between India and Bangladesh at the moment, the silver lining in this relationship is that both the leaders of the two countries know each other intimately, and that too for many years!
