Three years into his first stint in the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir was expelled for six years for “anti-party activities” in 2016. Now, almost a decade and several controversies later, Kabir has been suspended from the party and labelled a “traitor” by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over his proposal to build Babri Masjid-style mosque in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district.

On December 6, the anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya, Kabir laid the foundation for the Murshidabad replica. Two days later, on December 8, Kabir announced he would float his own outfit on December 22 and that he was in talks with the Asaduddin Owaisi -led AIMIM as well as the Indian Secular Front (ISF).

Having toured the political spectrum in Be

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