Affidavits of election candidates

Record rise in candidates’ wealth

The 12th national election will witness the highest number of candidates with movable or liquid assets of Tk 1 crore or more, the Transparency International Bangladesh has found.

Verifying candidates’ affidavits should be mandatory

It is one of the best ways to prevent large scale corruption

Corrupt candidates will only enable corruption

Gross undervaluation of assets in affidavits raises serious concerns

Candidates’ Affidavits: Asset values that don’t fail to amuse

One hundred forty-eight bhoris (1.72kgs) of gold worth Tk 40,000! Twenty bighas of land worth Tk 2,000! A five-katha plot in Barishal worth Tk 400! And a Baridhara flat worth Tk 1.3 lakh!