floriculturists Extremists turn

1212 Yunus Ali had joined a secret extremist political party and had been on the run for long. He had also been behind the bars for several years. Returning to normal life, Yunus is a complete floriculturist now. 

He’s living a peaceful life with his family, cultivating flowers. Yunus Ali (66) lives in Ganna village under Ganna union of Jhenaidah Sadar upazila.

Yunus Ali said he did a job for some time after leaving ‘politics’. He started flower farming in 2000. He cannot do the farming himself now, but supervises it. He gets it done by labourers.

He’s doing really well and no longer has to remain in hiding. The fragrance of flowers has changed his life.

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• started farming in 1996 leaving extremism behind.
• Apart from growing flowers, he has been working as a union parishad member since 2011.

He told Prothom Alo, “I joined in politics with the hope of bringing a change the society, but nothing of that sort happened. Rather there were clashes.”

The condition in their area is a lot better now. Everyone is so hard-working. Flower farming has changed the quality of their lifestyle for better.