Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday asserted that the people of Murshidabad will never accept “politics of riots”. Her remarks came hours after her party, the Trinamool Congress, suspended Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir for allegedly pursuing communal politics over his plan to lay the foundation of a mosque on the lines of the demolished Babri Masjid in the state’s Murshidabad district.

Addressing a public meeting in Berhampore in Murshidabad district, CM Banerjee said: “Trinamool Congress does not practise communal politics and is firmly against it. We cannot forget the history of Murshidabad. Siraj-ud-Daulah is revered in every home here. This district is the land of the Nawabs. It has holy places of all religions. People remember Siraj. The people of Murshidaba

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