Despite marked difference found in the affidavits of the 10th parliamentary election candidates compared to the previous election season, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided not to go for investigation to avoid chaos prior election.
“The country is in the election mood. If we start inquiring now, an overall chaotic situation might cripple the country. So we have dropped any such plan as for now,” ACC Commissioner M Shahabuddin Chupppu said yesterday.
He made the remark in reply to reporters’ query regarding the difference found between poll candidates’ affidavits in five years.
According to the official affidavits uploaded in the Election Commission’s website, a significant soar has been found in many of the candidates’ income and amount of properties.
However, the commissioner said: “We are yet to receive any allegation of such regarding the affidavits of the candidates. If we receive any, we would conduct an investigation after the election is over. Otherwise it will worsen the situation of the country.”
Asked if the case against BNP Standing Committee Member Moudud Ahmed was a politically motivated one, he said: “The case is not a politically motivated one. We received the allegation against him in 2010 and since had been conducting investigation. The case has been filed following the evidences found against him.”
The ACC on Tuesday filed a case against BNP leader Moudud Ahmed and his brother, on charge of grabbing government land worth about Tk300crore.