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Suspended Trinamool MLA's New Party: Why Humayun Kabir's Move Shakes Bengal Politics

Suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir has officially launched his own political party called the Janata Unnayan Party. He announced candidates for next year's West Bengal Assembly elections, including one to challenge Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in her Bhabanipur constituency. Kabir, who has switched allegiances between Congress, BJP, and TMC in the past, stated his party is open to alliances with all anti-TMC and anti-BJP forces. He emphasized the goal of achieving a larger minority unity in the state's political landscape.

Key Points: Humayun Kabir Launches Janata Unnayan Party After TMC Suspension

  • Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir announces new political outfit named Janata Unnayan Party
  • Kabir has a history of switching between Congress, BJP, and TMC before suspension
  • The new party will field candidates in several constituencies, including CM Mamata Banerjee's Bhabanipur
  • Kabir aims to forge a minority unity alliance against both TMC and BJP in Bengal
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Suspended Trinamool MLA Humayun Kabir floats political outfit Janata Unnayan Party

Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir floats Janata Unnayan Party, announces candidates for 2026 Bengal polls and seeks anti-TMC, anti-BJP alliance.

"We are open to an alliance with all anti-Trinamool Congress and anti-BJP forces in the state. I aim to achieve a larger minority unity. - Humayun Kabir"

Kolkata, Dec 22

Humayun Kabir, the suspended Trinamool Congress legislator from Bharatpur Assembly Constituency in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, on Monday announced his political party, christened the Janata Unnayan Party.

According to Kabir, the name of his new political outfit was the result of a well-thought-out exercise since he neither wanted to include the word 'Congress' nor 'Trinamool' in the name of his new party.

"The common people of West Bengal will be able to relate themselves to the name of the party. The sole aim of our party is mass development. Our party will work for the development of the people," Kabir said after announcing his party at Mirzapur in Murshidabad.

Incidentally, Kabir had connections with both the Congress and the Trinamool Congress in the past, as well as with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

In the 2011 West Bengal Assembly elections, which marked the end of the 34-year Left Front rule in West Bengal and the beginning of the current Trinamool Congress rule, Kabir got elected as a Congress legislator.

However, he shifted to Trinamool Congress after leaving Congress. Before the 2019 Lok Sabha election, he joined the BJP and also unsuccessfully contested as the party candidate from Murshidabad Lok Sabha constituency.

Again, before the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections, he joined Trinamool Congress and was elected from Bharatpur.

He was suspended from the Trinamool Congress earlier this month, just a couple of days before the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Babri Mosque at Beldanga in Murshidabad district.

On Monday, besides announcing his new political outfit, he also announced the names of party candidates for the West Bengal Assembly elections next year from a number of constituencies, including Bhabanipur in South Kolkata, represented by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

While Kabir himself will contest from two Assembly constituencies in Murshidabad district, namely Beldanga and Rejinagar, his party's candidate from Bhabanipur will be Nisha Chatterjee.

"We will decide in the future the exact number of constituencies in West Bengal where our party will float candidates in the elections next year. Again, I am saying that we are open to an alliance with all anti-Trinamool Congress and anti-BJP forces in the state. I aim to achieve a larger minority unity," Kabir said.

He also said that "table" is his first choice as the party logo.

"My second choice as a logo is 'twin rose'. If I do not receive either of the two, I will consider the third option. Our party flag will have three colours, namely yellow, green, and white," Kabir said.

- IANS

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Sarah B
Interesting move. If his sole aim is mass development as claimed, then why contest from two seats himself? And putting up a candidate against Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur seems more like a symbolic challenge than a development agenda.
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Priyanka N
The focus on "larger minority unity" is telling of the political calculus in Murshidabad. But after switching parties so many times, what credibility does he have? People want leaders who stand for something, not just against TMC or BJP.
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Aman W
A table as a party logo? Seriously? 😂 While the common man worries about jobs and inflation, our netas are busy deciding between a table and twin roses. This is what's wrong with our politics.
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Nisha Z
As someone from West Bengal, I'm tired of this endless fragmentation. Every suspended or disgruntled MLA forms a new party. It just splits the anti-incumbency vote and helps the ruling party. We need a strong, united opposition for real change.
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Karthik V
The timing, just after suspension and before the Babri Mosque event, is very strategic. This looks less like a party for development and more like a personal political vehicle. Let's see if the "Janata" (public) actually feels any "Unnayan" (development).

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