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Bengal Alliance Battle: AISF Sets Tough Terms for Humayun Kabir's New Party

The All India Secular Front is putting up major conditions before considering a tie-up with Humayun Kabir's upcoming political venture. They want the suspended TMC MLA to formally take back his past inflammatory comments about the Hindu community. Kabir, who plans to launch his party later this month, had made serious threats during the last election cycle. Meanwhile, the AISF believes voter discontent cuts across religious lines and could shape the 2026 political battle in Bengal.

Key Points: AISF Demands Humayun Kabir Withdraw Communal Remarks for Alliance

  • AISF demands Kabir retract past communal remarks before any alliance talks can begin
  • Kabir had threatened Hindus in Murshidabad before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls
  • The suspended TMC MLA plans to resign and launch his new party on December 22
  • Siddiqui claims both Hindu and Muslim voters are unhappy under Trinamool Congress rule
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AISF sets terms for alliance with Humayun Kabir's 'new party' for 2026 Bengal polls

AISF's Naushad Siddiqui outlines conditions for a 2026 Bengal poll alliance with Humayun Kabir's new party, demanding he retract past inflammatory statements.

"Our condition is that he should first withdraw his communal statements and also refrain from making such statements in the future. - Naushad Siddiqui, AISF"

Kolkata, Dec 6

The All India Secular Front (AISF) is open for a conditional alliance for the West Bengal assembly polls scheduled next year, with the new party to be floated by now-suspended Trinamool Congress legislator from Bharatpur in minority-dominated Murshidabad district, Humayun Kabir, this month.

"Kabir should refrain from making communal statements from time to time. He should also withdraw the communal statements that he made before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Right at this moment, there is no room for immediately entering into an understanding with his new party. Our condition is that he should first withdraw his communal statements and also refrain from making such statements in the future. Only then will the question of initiating discussion on a possible electoral alliance arise," the sole AISF representative in the West Bengal assembly, Naushad Siddiqui, told media persons on Saturday.

Before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Kabir said at a public meeting that Hindus in the minority-dominated Murshidabad district would be “cut and thrown into the Bhagirathi River.”

Kabir had already announced that he would soon tender his resignation as the legislator from Bharatpur and on December 22 he would float his new political party and announce the names of its office bearers.

When asked whether AISF could take advantage of the possible division in minority votes, especially in Murshidabad district, because of the suspension of Kabir from the party, Siddiqui said that his party did not believe in differentiating voters based on religion.

“We only speak about larger public interests. In West Bengal, neither the Hindus nor the Muslims are happy under Trinamool Congress rule. Now, Mamata Banerjee is busy constructing temples to allure the Hindu voters, Kabir has been suspended from the party not because of ideological reasons, but again to allure the Hindu voters. But our Hindu brothers will not be tricked by such stances. At the same time, a large section of the Muslim voters has made up their minds to throw Trinamool Congress out of power in 2026,” Siddiqui said.

- IANS

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Shreya B
As a Bengali, I'm tired of this cycle. TMC plays Hindu-Muslim politics, suspended leaders form new parties, and the common man suffers. Siddiqui makes a fair point that neither community is truly happy. We need leaders who talk about jobs, education, and healthcare, not temples and rivers.
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Aman W
The condition set by AISF is just basic decency. How can someone who threatened to throw people into a river be considered for an alliance? This is the problem with Bengal politics—everything is about vote banks. Hope voters see through these tactics in 2026.
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Priyanka N
While I appreciate AISF's stance, I have a respectful criticism. Siddiqui says they don't differentiate voters by religion, but the entire article is about minority-dominated districts and vote division. The focus seems to remain on community arithmetic rather than a unified vision for Bengal's progress.
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Karthik V
Murshidabad needs peace and development, not more political drama. Kabir leaving TMC and forming a new party just creates another faction. Will this new party actually work for the people or just become another vehicle for the same old politics? Very skeptical.
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Meera T
"Larger public interests" – that's the phrase we need to hear more often. Whether it's TMC's temple construction or Kabir's inflammatory speeches, it's all for votes. Hope AISF sticks to its guns and doesn't compromise just for a few seats. Bengal deserves better.

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