Overview
- Suspended TMC legislator Humayun Kabir withdrew his plan to resign and said he will continue as the Bharatpur MLA after the December 6 foundation ceremony in Murshidabad.
- The Trinamool Congress moved to distance itself institutionally, with leaders saying his Assembly seat will be shifted away from the treasury benches, potentially closer to opposition rows.
- Kabir says he will launch a new party on December 22 and is pursuing an electoral tie-up with AIMIM, though Left, Congress and ISF figures publicly rejected talk of an alliance with him.
- Organisers reported more than Rs 1.3 crore already counted from cash boxes and QR payments, and Kabir later claimed donations crossed Rs 2 crore within 48 hours, alongside an unverified Rs 80 crore pledge from an unnamed businessman.
- Political reactions intensified as BJP leaders accused Mamata Banerjee of orchestration, a JD(U) MP defended Muslims’ right to build, and TMC reiterated Kabir’s suspension was for attempting communal polarisation.