Overview
- Senior leader Firhad Hakim announced Kabir’s suspension for alleged communal provocation after repeated warnings from the party.
- Calcutta High Court is set to hear a PIL on Friday that seeks an interim stay on the foundation-laying plan in Beldanga.
- District authorities say no approval has been granted and security preparations are underway given recent tensions and vandalised posters.
- Kabir says he will proceed on December 6, has warned of road blockades if stopped, and vows to resign by December 8 before launching a new party on December 22.
- Governor C. V. Ananda Bose has questioned the lack of arrest over law-and-order concerns, while one report says the identified landowner has refused use of the site.