Noted economist Hossain Zillur Rahman on Sunday said time has come to become angry with the interim government.
“I feel that time has come to become angry with the government and this will not be illogical, I will tell that anger will be holy one,” said the chairman of Power and Participation Research Centre, a think tank.
He was speaking at the CPD Budget Dialogue 2025: An analysis of the National Budget for FY 2025-26 at a city hotel.
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Distinguished Fellow Mustafizur Rahman chaired the programme where Executive Director of CPD Fahmida Khatun presented the keynote presentation.
Hossain Zillur, who was an adviser during the army-backed 1/11 government, said that this ‘holy anger’ is the anger that changes a society.
“Time has come to be that angry,” he added.
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He alleged that there is a peculiar syndrome coming out to the surface of this government and that is “new form of Kumbhakarna Syndrome’.
This is like listening without response, he said.
Kumbhakarna is a prominent figure in the Hindu epic Ramayana, known as a powerful rakshasa (demon) and the younger brother of Ravana.
He is characterised by his enormous size, immense strength, and a seemingly insatiable appetite and thirst, often depicted as sleeping for long periods.
Hossain Zillur mentioned that the interim government is supposed to induce reforms in all major sectors like judiciary, education and health.
"But their entire reforms focused on the new constitution," he added.
He claimed that the interim government is at present out of focus considering the reform issue.