BNP chairperson's Adviser Abdul Awal Mintoo's son Tabith M Awal has submitted his nomination form for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral race.
Tabith's relative Mohammad Shahidul Alam submitted the form around 4pm Sunday.
Regarding Mintoo's nomination, Shahidul said: “Tabith is young and has studied abroad, so he thinks the young generation will support him in the election.
“There is no conflict between the father [Abdul Awal Mintoo] and son [Tabith] regarding the filing of nomination papers for the mayoral race of the same city corporation.”
Mintoo's younger son Tafsir M Awal filed the form on behalf of his father around 2:30pm.
Elections to the divided Dhaka city and Chittagong City Corporations are scheduled to be held on 28 April.
The last day for submitting nomination forms is March 29, and the last date of withdrawing nomination papers is April 9.