Nalanda: JD(U) MP Kaushalendra Kumar on Monday defended Humayun Kabir, the West Bengal MLA who was suspended from his party, the Trinamool Congress, for laying foundation stone of “Babri Masjid” in Murshidabad district of the neighbouring state.

The JD(U) leader shared his views while talking to journalists in his parliamentary constituency of Nalanda, which, incidentally, is the home turf of party supremo and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

“The Constitution guarantees all citizens the right to practice and propagate their religion. If building such a mosque is in line with Muslim sentiments, nobody should have a problem with it,” said the Nalanda MP.

The JD(U) MP, whose party is a BJP ally at the Centre as well as in Bihar, also distanced himself from the saffron party’s stand tha

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