Nature of the Leadership of the Oraon Community in Bangladesh

Abstract

The Oraon are the second largest plain land tribal community of Barind in Bangladesh. They are differently backward as compared with other ethnic communities. From the present perspective of Bangladesh, to know their nature of the leadership is an imperative. Their democratic leadership, constitution, different tiers of their leadership, qualification for the leader, opportunity to be leader, activities of different tiers of their leaders, cooperation of the general people, timing, participation and discussion in the meeting, cooperation of the auxiliaries, expectation to be headman, cabinet members as political supporter and relationship with others, liking the leadership of the cabinet members, problems in election period, protesting against partial and illegal activities, leadership of the women, opinions of the women, opportunity of the women to be elected, leadership of the headman and the women and influence on women empowerment have been discussed in this article.