Overview
- Humayun Kabir says he will conduct a December 6 shilanyas in Beldanga under constitutional rights, warns of blocking stretches of NH-34 if stopped, and claims thousands could gather with 2,000 volunteers on duty.
- Governor C V Ananda Bose asked the state government why Kabir should not be arrested given statements flagged as creating tension and a potential law-and-order problem.
- The Murshidabad administration has not granted permission for the event and is conducting a formal review, as posters advertising the programme have been vandalised in recent days.
- A public interest litigation challenging the plan is before a Calcutta High Court division bench led by the Acting Chief Justice, with the petitioner citing risks to communal harmony and the first hearing yet to be scheduled.
- The Trinamool Congress has distanced itself from Kabir, while local Hindu groups and BJP figures have launched Ram temple replica projects as counters, and a landowner has refused to allow construction at the site identified by Kabir.