With the provision of contesting the upazila parishad elections for the post of its chairman and vice-chairman directly nominated by a certain political party registered with the Election Commission (EC), the Upazila Parishad (Amendment) Bill, 2015 was passed in Jatiya Sangsad yesterday.
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Engineer Khandker Mosharraf Hossain proposed for passing the bill in the House. Deputy Speaker Fazley Rabbi Miah was in the chair. The Jatiya Sangsad unanimously passed the bill through voice vote. The new bill was an amended and modified form of the Upazila Parishad Act, 1998.
According to the new bill, upazila parishad chairman and vice-chairman will be eligible to vie for the polls if the contestant is directly nominated by any political party or an independent candidate.
