Mintoo, Pintoo finally lose nomination battle

The Dhaka Divisional Commissioner, the Appellate Authority, upheld Sunday the Election Commission's decision that declared invalid the nomination paper of mayoral hopeful BNP leader Abdul Awal Mintoo in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) polls.

General secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Mahbub Uddin Khokan said this after a hearing at Dhaka Divisional Commissioner Zillar Rahman's Segunbagicha office in the afternoon, reports UNB.

He also said they will move the higher court against the Divisional Commissioner's decision.

BNP standing committee members Barrister Moudud Ahmed, Barrister Jamiruddin Sircar, former SCBA president Advocate Joynul Abedin and Mahbub Uddin Khokan among the lawyers joined the hearing on Mintoo's behalf.

Mintoo's son Tafsir Awal represented his father in the hearing.

Earlier on Thursday, Mintoo appealed to the divisional commissioner seeking validity of his nomination allowing him to correct their mistakes for contesting the Dhaka North City Corporation polls slated for April 28.

Mintoo's lawyer Ehsanur Rahman made the appeal to the Appeal Authority.

Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintoo's nomination paper also suffered the same fate.