‘70% chairman aspirants have higher education’
Sujon says in a report
Shushasoner Jonno Nagorik's central convener Dilip Kumar Sarkar reading out a report prepared on the upcoming district council elections at a programme in Dhaka on December 20, 2016. Photo: Prabir Barua Chowdhury
Almost 70 percent of the chairman aspirants in the district council elections received higher education, civil body Shujon said in a report published today.
While business is the occupation of 57 percent of the aspirants, a quarter of 146 chairman aspirants across Bangladesh had criminal records.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Shushasoner Jonno Nagorik, a civil society platform, announced the findings, obtained online, of the chairman candidates in a programme in Dhaka today.
"As the number of candidates contesting the elections are low, there is no scope to say it will be a competitive election," Shujon's central coordinator Dilip Kumar Sarkar said.
Among the total of 149 chairman candidates, Shujon said it could find tax history of only 50 of the candidates.
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