Murshidabad, Dec 28 (IANS) West Bengal Police on Sunday detained Ghulam Nabi Azad, also known as Robin, the son of Janata Unnayan Party (JUP) founder Humayun Kabir, for allegedly assaulting Kabir’s Personal Security Officer (PSO).Humayun Kabir, a suspended Trinamool Congress leader and Bharatpur MLA who had earlier sparked controversy by announcing plans to construct a Babri Masjid in Murshidabad, once again found himself in the spotlight after his PSO, Constable Jumma Khan, lodged a complaint a…
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Kolkata, Dec 28 (IANS) Indian Secular Front (ISF) chairman Nawsad Siddiqui on Sunday clarified that no discussions have taken place regarding an electoral alliance with suspended Trinamool Congress leader Humayun Kabir’s newly-launched Janata Unnayan Party (JUP). The comments came a day after Kabir said that he wanted to enter into an electoral alliance with ISF for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections.Incidentally, Siddiqui visited the CPI(M) headquarters in Kolkata on Saturday and inter…
Kolkata, Dec 28 (IANS) Suspended Trinamool Congress legislator Humayun Kabir, who has floated his own political outfit, Janata Unnayan Party (JUP), on Sunday, said that he would be concentrating only on religious activities the day West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee quits politics.Kabir said this in a video message, reacting to an observation made by Trinamool Congress general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee that any individual has the liberty to initiate the construction of any relig…
Murshidabad, Dec 28 (IANS) Suspended Trinamool Congress leader and Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir, in an interview with IANS on Sunday, stated that he will respond if anyone attempts to incite trouble against his vision of building a Babri Masjid in Murshidabad, West Bengal.Emphasising his fearlessness, Kabir pointed out that Murshidabad has a 72 per cent Muslim population, unlike Ayodhya, where, according to him, only a small number of community members reside. Citing this reason, he questioned th…
Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) Suspended Trinamool Congress leader and Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir on Saturday said that his newly-launched Janata Unnayan Party (JUP) will contest 182 seats in the West Bengal Assembly elections. He further expressed his desire to form an electoral alliance with the Indian Secular Front (ISF) and Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM. However, the ISF has not yet issued any statement regarding an alliance with Humayun Kabir’s party.Earlier, Kabir had said that his party would contest…
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress leadership had decided not to approach the office of the West Bengal Speaker Biman Banerjee for cancellation of suspended party legislator Humayun Kabir’s membership from the House despite the latter announcing his new political outfit christened the Janata Unnayan Party two days ago. A senior member of the West Bengal Cabinet said that there are two main reasons for not taking any initiative for the suspension of Kabir’s membership from the House.”F…
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IANS) Suspended Trinamool Congress legislator from Bharatpur Assembly Constituency in minority-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal, Humayun Kabir, on Wednesday announced the name of former West Bengal Police officer, Abul Hasan, as his new party’s candidate from Ballygunge Assembly constituency in South Kolkata.Incidentally, while officially declaring his new political party, christened Janata Unnayan Party, on December 22, Kabir had announced Nisha Chatterjee as the…
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IANS) Nearly 12 hours after forming his new political party, suspended Trinamool Congress leader and MLA Humayun Kabir withdrew the name of one of his party’s 10 candidates. The name of the declared candidate for the Ballygunge Assembly constituency in Kolkata, Nisha Chatterjee, has been withdrawn on reports that her social media account is full of her photos wearing revealing clothes.Therefore, after nearly 12 hours, Humayun Kabir announced that the Kolkata-based woman would no…
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) BJP National Spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain, on Monday, alleged that suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir is acting as an agent of the ruling party and that the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee deliberately encouraged him to float a new political outfit to create polarisation among voters. His remarks came after Kabir, the suspended Trinamool Congress MLA from the Bharatpur Assembly constituency in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, announced the la…
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) Suspended Trinamool Congress legislator from Bharatpur Assembly Constituency Humayun Kabir on Monday claimed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was not the same person as she used to be 15 years ago and was beyond common people’s reach. After floating his political outfit, Janata Unnayan Party, Kabir said, “Mamata Banerjee’s leadership quality is surely unquestionable. I still consider and will continue to consider her as an able leader. But at the same time, I wou…