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BNP-blessed mayoral aspirant Tabith Awal, son of BNP leader Abdul Awal Mintoo, has started his election campaign for Dhaka North City Corporation polls this afternoon.

After the cancellation of Mintoo's nomination BNP announced their support for Tabith in the upcoming city polls yesterday.

The Election Commission today allotted electoral symbols for all the aspirants of Dhaka north and south city corporations. "Bus" was allotted as electoral symbol for Tabith.

Following the symbol allocation, Tabith started his campaign at Karwanbazar in the capital after the Jumma prayer.

After offering his prayer at Ambor Shah Jam-e-Masjid, Tabith along with 50-60 of his supporters started the campaign. He sought blessings from shopkeepers at Karwanbazar.