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Janata Unnayan Party laminitis and suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir connected Saturday (January 31, 2026) publically apologised for making communally violative remarks against Hindus astir a twelvemonth ago.
Mr. Kabir held a nationalist rally successful Murshidabad wherever Imran Solanki, the State president of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, was present. The nationalist gathering was projected arsenic a amusement of spot by Mr. Kabir, who has risen to governmental prominence aft his telephone to acceptable up a mosque modelled connected the Babri Masjid successful the district. The suspended Trinamool Congress person said that enactment connected the operation of the mosque would statesman connected February 11.
On the contented of the communally violative remarks, Mr. Kabir said helium had made the remarks astatine the behest of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who had asked him to guarantee triumph for Trinamool Congress candidates Yusuf Pathan and Abu Taher successful the 2024 Lok Sabha election. The remark, made successful May 2024, had evoked beardown reactions successful governmental circles, with the Bharatiya Janata Party demanding enactment against the MLA. However, nary constabulary ailment was registered against Mr. Kabir. He apologised to Hindus and said helium would not marque specified remarks successful future.
Recently, Mr. Kabir met Communist Party of India (Marxist) State caput Md. Salim, triggering speculation astir a caller governmental alignment successful West Bengal politics. In the 2021 Assembly elections, the CPI(M)-led Left Front and the Congress had entered into an electoral confederation with the Indian Secular Front (ISF), a comparatively caller governmental outfit astatine the time.
Only 10 days ago, ISF MLA Nawshad Siddique said it was indispensable to forge an confederation with the Congress and the Left Front astatine the earliest to decision the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party successful the upcoming Assembly elections.
