Suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir on Sunday said that he is in talks with All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Asaduddin Owaisi for a potential alliance ahead of the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections.

The Bharatpur (West Bengal) MLA, who stoked a controversy by laying the foundation stone for a mosque modelled on Ayodhya’s Babri Masjid in Murshidabad’s Rejinagar, said the proposed tie-up aims to stop both the BJP and the TMC in West Bengal.

“I spoke to Owaisi last night, and we had a discussion and decided that we will stand by the poor Muslims in this state. The public is saying that Bengal Owaisi is me, and he is Hyderabad Owaisi; both brothers will unite and fight against the TMC and the BJP. I have been invited to Hyderabad and I will go when I get time,’

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