The BNP-Jamaat government appointed 300 party cadres as upazila election officers ahead of the elections scheduled for January 2007, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, said on Friday.
"In the history of Bangladesh, there has never been such quick recruitment through the Public Service Commission (PSC)," Joy, also ICT adviser to the prime minister, wrote on Facebook.
The government led by Khaleda Zia tarnished the PSC and the recruitment process in government jobs by making these appointments based on the list and without any examination, he added.