Overview
- Humayun Kabir announced he will lay the foundation stone for a mosque named 'Babri' on December 6 in Beldanga, Murshidabad, saying construction would take about three years.
- He said the event could draw around two lakh attendees with about 400 prominent guests on stage, positioning it as a major public gathering.
- The date overlaps with the TMC’s Samhati Diwas rally in Kolkata, and Kabir said he will skip the Kolkata program where Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee are slated to speak.
- BJP leaders, including Agnimitra Paul and Priyanka Tibrewal, denounced the move as religion-based politics, while Rahul Sinha warned against politicising religious sites.
- Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said such construction would not be allowed, and Kabir has invited opposition MLA Naushad Siddiqui to attend, with no response reported.