Distinguished Fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Debapriya Bhattacharya has said eligible and honest candidates are not getting nominations as the election has become a big investment.
He made the remarks while addressing a CPD press briefing on the 'State of Bangladesh Economy and Upcoming National Elections Priorities for Electoral Debates' at BRAC Centre Inn Auditorium in Dhaka on Sunday, reports UNB.
Debapriya said economic inequality in the country increased manifold for lack of political competition in the last 10 years.
"Life and livelihood issues were not focused despite extensive discussions and debate about the upcoming election," he said.
"Now the main challenge is to reduce discrimination due to scattered development and the discrimination widened in the last 10 years," he added.
Another Distinguished Fellow Mustafizur Rahman said political parties must discuss the issues of economic challenges and how to resolve those.
