Murshidabad, Feb 11 (IANS) Two months after the foundation stone for a replica of the Babri Masjid was laid in Murshidabad, construction of the mosque is set to begin in the West Bengal district from Wednesday. Janata Unnayan Party (JUP) President Humayun Kabir, who was instrumental in beginning the project that has courted controversy, said on Wednesday that those opposing the construction of the mosque should ‘step aside’. Speaking to IANS, Kabir said, “To those who are opposing, I would say…
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Kolkata, Feb 11 (IANS) The construction work for the Babri Mosque at Beldanga in minority-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal, masterminded by the maverick and now-suspended Trinamool Congress legislator, Humayun Kabir, will start from Wednesday.The construction work will start today with the recitation of the Quran Sharif later in the day. The exact time of the beginning of the programme is yet to be confirmed by Kabir at the time the report was filed. However, a close associate of Ka…
Lucknow, Feb 10 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday asserted that the Babri mosque will never be built again, a remark that is set to invite protests and political heartburn in the Opposition camp. Yogi Adityanath, addressing a public meeting in UP’s Barabanki, said that the Modi government as well as his administration have stood firm and steadfast in walking the talk, and they strived to fulfil the Ram Mandir pledge that the BJP espoused for years. “Babri mosque …
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) Despite the Congress’ decision to sever ties with the CPI(M)-led Left Front in West Bengal and contest the forthcoming Assembly elections independently in all 294 constituencies, the Left Front will continue its understanding with the All India Secular Front (AISF) this time as well.Confirming this, CPI(M) state secretary in West Bengal and Politburo member Md Salim told mediapersons on Friday that the understanding with AISF is on and will continue in the Assembly polls …
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) Suspended Trinamool Congress legislator and the founder of the newly floated political outfit, Janata Unnayan Party, Humayun Kabir, on Tuesday, ruled out any alliance with Congress for the forthcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal.Instead, he said he will be keen for an understanding with Asaduddin Owaisi-founded All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and CPI(M)-led Left Front.Kabir, the legislator from Bharatpur Assembly constituency in minority-dominated Murs…
Kolkata, Jan 22 (IANS) All India Secular Front (AISF) has given an open seat-sharing arrangement offer to CPI(M)-led Left Front in West Bengal for the Assembly elections in the state scheduled later this year, irrespective of whether Congress shows interest in being part of that arrangement or not. However, at the same time, the lone AISF representative in the West Bengal Assembly, Nawsad Siddique, has set a deadline for the West Bengal Left Front to take a final decision in the matter and conve…
Kolkata, Jan 19 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to entertain the plea by suspended Trinamool Congress legislator and founder of newly-floated Janata Unnayan Party (JUP), Humayun Kabir, for Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) security cover.A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, headed by Justice Suvra Ghosh, advised Kabir, the legislator from Bharatpur Assembly constituency in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, to approach the Union Ministry of Home Affairs seeking CA…
Kolkata, Jan 14 (IANS) A majority of the Congress’ district leaderships in West Bengal are against any seat-sharing arrangement with any party for the 2026 Assembly elections in the state, party insiders said on Wednesday.Sources said the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) recently sought the opinion of district leaderships on the issue of alliance and seat-sharing, and most of them suggested that the party should contest the next Assembly polls on its own, irrespective of the outcom…
New Delhi, January 8 (IANS) West Bengal elections have largely seen a direct contest between two opposing political parties at the hustings, whether Parliamentary or Assembly, which is again being anticipated for 2026, despite a confident Congress and Left, or the rise of regional satraps. A third force has always been present in state politics, yet there has been more of a two-way fight for power. Through time, the Trinamool Congress replaced its alma mater, the Congress, in challenging the mig…
Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) A political alliance based on religious tenets, as called by former Trinamool Congress MLA and builder of a Babri Masjid replica in West Bengal, Humayun Kabir, may cost West Bengal’s ruling party dearly in Muslim-dominated Assembly seats next year – as Bihar’s Seemanchal experience shows. Kabir’s unabashed proposal for the consolidation of Muslim votes will prompt a polarisation, which may even favour West Bengal’s principal Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),…