More than half of the candidates, including those elected uncontested, of the 10th parliamentary polls have more than Tk1 crore wealth, NGO Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik said in a report yesterday.
The report that analysed the candidates’ affidavits published on the Election Commission’s website, said out of the 153 candidates elected uncontested, 115 have more than Tk1 crore wealth.
The number is 162 from among the 387 candidates running for the remaining 143 seats.
Of the total of 540 runners for all the 300 seats, 103 have wealth worth over Tk5 crore.
SHUJAN Secretary Badiul Alam Majumder read out the report at a press conference at the National Press Club yesterday.
He said it is unconstitutional for lawmakers and ministers to amass wealth illegally in the name of doing business as lawmakers was unconstitutional.
The report also said out of the 387 waiting for contest, 50.18% submit tax returns.
Badiul said a total of 86 aspirants did not provide information, while many others did not mention the value of their properties in the affidavits that they had submitted.
He added that a total of 226 out of 387 took loan from banks while 89 out of 153 elected uncontested took loan at different times.
Twenty two out of those elected unopposed and 37 out of the 387 MP-aspirants are facing criminal charges of various sorts, the report says.
Of the 540 aspirants, 43 have got SSC ad 60 HSC degrees while 202 are graduates, 180 post-graduates and three did not mention their educational qualifications.