Trinamool Congress suspended MLA Humayun Kabir from the party after he underscored his plan to lay the foundation stone of the Babri Masjid replica in Murshidabad’s Beldanga this week. According to the mayor of Kolkata, Firhad Hakim, the party “believes in secular theory” and does not align with Kabir’s remarks.
“We noticed that one of our MLAs from Murshidabad suddenly declared that he would build the Babri masjid. Why suddenly Babri masjid? We already warned him. We believe in secular theory. As per the decision of our party, we are suspending MLA Humayun Kabir,” the mayor said.
Sources earlier told NDTV that Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee was “hugely annoyed” with Kabir’s remarks. She and the party would not associate with the masjid move – a message that was communicated to the MLA from Bharatpur, sources added.
Minutes after the suspension, Kabir dropped out of Banerjee’s rally at the India-Bangladesh border district Murshidabad to protest against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists.
Bengal governor Ananda Bose had earlier questioned the state government that if Kabir’s statements are creating a law-and-order problem, why he is not being arrested.
Sources said Bengal Governor Ananda Bose has questioned the state government that if Humayun Kabir’s statements are creating a law-and-order problem, why he is not being arrested. “The reports I have received from the field, intelligence agencies, and local opinion leaders indicate that someone is deliberately trying to turn Murshidabad into a hub of scandal. This will not be allowed. If communal sentiments are stirred, the state and its government will not remain mute spectators,” he said.
While Kabir does have permission to hold the event on December 6, the administration is on high alert in Murshidabad, officials said.
A district leader of Trinamool Congress said the MLA’s “entire drama” is pressure tactics to bargain for an election ticket from Murshidabad’s Rejinagar seat.
BJP spokesperson Pratul Shah Deo hit out at Kabir, saying, “I challenge them that if they have the courage, let them try to build a Babri Masjid-like structure in Murshidabad or anywhere in West Bengal. Such statements are being made only to create communal tension. If memorials are raised in the name of Babar, Akbar, Shahjahan, or Aurangzeb, the outcome will inevitably lead to the same kind of dispute that the Babri Masjid faced.”
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