Kolkata: Excessive safety preparations have been put in place throughout elements of West Bengal’s Murshidabad district forward of the muse stone laying of a mosque modelled on Ayodhya’s Babri Masjid by a suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) lawmaker.
Humayun Kabir, the MLA from Murshidabad’s Bharatpur constituency, has introduced his plan to construct the mosque within the district’s Beldanga space, which might be modelled on the Babri Masjid demolished in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.
“Greater than 4,000 police personnel have been deployed. Two IPS officers within the rank of superintendent of police, at the very least 30 officers of deputy superintendent rank and round 100 police inspectors have been stationed in areas comparable to Beldanga and Rejinagar,” mentioned a senior police official.
Police pickets and camps have been arrange at a number of factors within the space, and the Speedy Motion Pressure (RAF) has additionally been deployed.
The Beldanga space was rocked by communal violence in April this 12 months. Central police forces are nonetheless deployed within the area on orders of the Calcutta excessive courtroom.
Senior TMC chief Firhad Hakim introduced Kabir’s suspension from the occasion on Thursday, declaring that his conduct amounted to gross indiscipline at a time when the TMC is making an attempt to keep up peace and communal concord in Bengal. Later, addressing a rally in Murshidabad, chief minister Mamata Banerjee described Kabir as a “traitor working for the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP)”.
The Calcutta excessive courtroom on Friday didn’t order a keep on Kabir’s plan to put the muse stone however directed the state to take enough steps to keep up regulation and order on the spot, legal professionals who attended the listening to mentioned.
The Union authorities, in its submission earlier than the Calcutta excessive courtroom, mentioned that 19 firms of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), which had been deployed within the area following communal riots in April this 12 months, stay posted there and could be prepared for deployment within the occasion of violence.
West Bengal Governor C. V. Ananda Bose has urged folks to remain calm, vigilant, and to not be swayed by provocative statements and rumours.
“The Governor has directed the Lok Bhavan (previously Raj Bhavan) to arrange an Entry Level Cell the place folks can report any untoward incidents. The cell can be useful around the clock. The contact quantity is 033-22001641. The Governor will concurrently monitor the complete scenario,” mentioned a Lok Bhavan official.
Identified for making controversial remarks, Kabir began his political profession within the Congress in 1983 and gained Murshidabad’s Rejinagar seat in 2011 earlier than becoming a member of the TMC and turning into a minister. The TMC expelled him for six years in 2015 for anti-party actions. He unsuccessfully contested as an impartial candidate in 2016 to retain the Rejinagar seat. He joined the BJP in 2018 and unsuccessfully contested the Murshidabad Lok Sabha seat in 2019. He returned to the TMC in 2018 however gained the Bharatpur seat as an impartial candidate in 2021.
