Senior Forward Bloc leader joins Trinamool
Kolkata, Aug 23 : Senior All India Forward Bloc leader and former West Bengal Minister Mortaza Hossain on Thursday joined the state's ruling Trinamool Congress along with his supporters.
Welcoming Hossain, who served as the Disaster Management Minister during the Left Front government, Trinamool Secretary General Partha Chatterjee said his inclusion would strengthen the party.
"He had applied to our North 24 Parganas district leadership. After obtaining clearance from our party supremo Mamata Banerjee, we are inducting him in our party," said Chatterjee, who handed over a Trinamool flag to Hossain, a two-term legislator.
Hossain contested from the Barasat Lok Sabha constituency as an AIFB candidate in 2014.
Hossain's switching of political allegiance comes days after another senior AIFB leader and former minister Paresh Adhikari joined the Trinamool.
Chatterjee said all secular persons in the state were backing Banerjee, whose role in confronting communal forces was being lauded even at the national level.
"Over the past two years, I have been keenly watching Mamata Banerjee's development efforts. It is for this reason that I have joined this party," he said.
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Four crew members aboard refueling aircraft were killed: US military
Dubai (AP): Four of the six crew members aboard a US military KC-135 refueling aircraft that crashed in western Iraq have been found dead, the American military said.
The US military's Central Command made the announcement in a statement.
“Four of six crew members on board the aircraft have been confirmed deceased as rescue efforts continue,” it said. “The circumstances of the incident are under investigation. However, the loss of the aircraft was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire.”
Four Confirmed Deceased in Loss of U.S. KC-135 Over Iraq
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 13, 2026
TAMPA, Fla. – At approximately 2 pm ET on March 12, a U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft went down in western Iraq. Four of six crew members on board the aircraft have been confirmed deceased as rescue efforts continue.
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