On the last day of nomination submission, BNP Vice Chairman Barrister Shahjahan Omar joined Awami League and submitted nomination paper from Jhalkathi-1 constituency.
He submitted his nomination papers on Thursday (November 30).
Awami League office secretary Biplab Barua confirmed the matter.
Earlier on Wednesday (November 29) afternoon, the court of Dhaka First Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Faisal Atiq Bin Quader granted his bail.
It is to be noted that a bus of Mirpur Super Link Limited was set on fire in front of the passenger camp at Gauchia Market under New Market Police Station at around 7:30 PM on November 4. The bus was damaged to the tune of Tk. 5 lakh. In this incident, the bus driver filed a case of sabotage against him at the New Market police station. Later on November 5, he was arrested from a house in the capital.