Months before next year's assembly poll in West Bengal, Forward Bloc, a constituent of the Left Front, suffered reverses when its sitting MLA Tajmul Hussain joined the ruling Trinamool Congress today.
The two-time Malda MLA joined the TMC at a public rally at Harischandrapur, 90 km from Malda town, attended by Subhendu Adhikary, TMC's observer, and two state ministers.
Earlier on October 2, Udayan Guha, a senior leader and sitting MLA from Dinhata in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district had joined the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC, dealing a blow to the party founded by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
In the same meeting, CPI-M's Malda Zilla Parishad member Samima Yasmin also joined the ruling party.
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Union Ministers Bandaru Dattatreya and Y S Chowdary
also condoled the death of Bhuma Reddy.
"I pray to the almighty to grant peace to the departed soul and give strength to the bereaved family members to bear the loss," Dattatreya told reporters in Hyderabad.
"I am deeply shocked by the sudden demise of our party leader Bhuma Nagi Reddy garu. In his demise, the TDP family has lost a wonderful leader, a great person," Chowdary said in a statement in Hyderabad.
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Meanwhile, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar
Rao has expressed his heartfelt sympathies on the demise of Bhuma Nagi Reddy.
According to an official release, Rao conveyed his condolences to the members of the bereaved family.
