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Bengal Political Battle: Rebel Leader to Challenge Mamata and Suvendu Directly

A fresh political front is emerging in West Bengal ahead of next year's assembly elections. Suspended TMC legislator Humayun Kabir has declared he will launch a new "secular" party later this month. In a direct challenge, his party plans to field candidates against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in her Bhabanipur seat and Opposition Leader Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram. Alongside this political move, Kabir is also spearheading a major mosque construction project that has garnered significant public donations.

Key Points: Humayun Kabir to Contest Against Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari

  • Kabir's new party will focus on contesting from minority-dominated constituencies in West Bengal
  • The party is open to alliances with any force except the BJP and the ruling Trinamool Congress
  • A new Babri Mosque project in Murshidabad has already raised over Rs 3 crore in donations
  • The proposed mosque complex will also include a school and a hospital on adjacent land
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'Will field candidates against Mamata Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari': Humayun Kabir

Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir announces his new party will field candidates against CM Mamata Banerjee and LoP Suvendu Adhikari in the 2025 Bengal polls.

"I have also decided to field candidates both in Bhabanipur constituency... against the Chief Minister and in Nandigram against the leader of the opposition. - Humayun Kabir"

Kolkata, Dec 10

The new party to be floated by now-suspended Trinamool Congress legislator Humayun Kabir will be fielding candidates against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, in the Assembly elections scheduled next year.

“As I have already said, I will be fielding candidates from minority dominated constituencies in the state. However, my party will be 100 per cent secular in nature. I have also decided to field candidates both in Bhabanipur constituency in Kolkata against the Chief Minister and in Nandigram against the leader of the opposition,” Kabir told media persons on Wednesday.

He also said that he is open to an alliance with any other political forces in the state, except the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress.

Kabir will be announcing his new political party on December 22. On that day, he will also announce the names of the new political party's office-bearers. In all probability, the name of the new political outfit will be the 'National Conservative Party', which Kabir had neither denied nor confirmed when asked.

Meanwhile, the donation received by “West Bengal Islamic Fund of India,” the trust that would run the Babri Mosque at Beldanga in Murshidabad district, as planned by Kabir, has already crossed Rs 3 crore.

Out of the amount, a little over Rs 2.57 crore has been raised through online donations by scanning the QR code. The remaining are in the form of cash donations. The manual counting of currencies received as cash donations for the mosque is still on. So far, the currencies of only six trunks of 11 trunks filled with cash donations have been completed till Tuesday night.

The proposed Babri Mosque at Beldanga will be in line with the original construction at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, which was demolished on December 6, 1992.

Kabir had already announced that the total budget of the project will be Rs 300 crore. A school and a hospital will also be set up at the mosque-adjacent land.

- IANS

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Shreya B
The fact that he's raised over 3 crore rupees so quickly for the mosque project shows there is a genuine sentiment and support base. People are looking for alternatives beyond Didi and BJP. The school and hospital part is a good, practical move. 👍
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Aman W
Fielding candidates against both Mamata and Suvendu? Ambition is good, but this feels more like a personal vendetta than a political vision. Bengal needs stability and economic revival, not more political drama before elections.
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Priyanka N
'National Conservative Party'? In the Indian context, that's a confusing name. And the focus seems heavily on one community, despite claims of being secular. I hope this doesn't further fragment the secular vote bank in Bengal. We've seen enough division.
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Karthik V
Eleven trunks filled with cash donations? That's a lot of physical cash. I hope there is full transparency and accountability for these funds. The project budget is 300 crore – a massive amount. The people donating deserve to know every rupee is spent properly.
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Michael C
Interesting development. A third force claiming to be secular but built around a specific religious project. The alliance part is key – if he can tie up with Left or Congress, he might become a factor. Otherwise, it's just noise.

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