‘BJP cannot form alliance with Babri lovers in Bengal’: Amit Shah on Humayun Kabir india news
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Dismissed rumors spreading like wildfire over a purported video of the controversial former TMC leader on Friday Humayun Kabir A “deal worth Rs 1,000 crore” is reportedly being claimed with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rooting out Mamata BanerjeeRuling Trinamool in West Bengal elections.Amit Shah, who is camping in Bengal to leave no stone unturned in the high-voltage elections, said Kabir and the BJP can never come together like the North and South Pole.
Addressing a press conference after releasing the BJP’s manifesto for the Bengal elections, Shah accused Mamata Banerjee’s party of “political conspiracy”.“You don’t know the capabilities of Mamata Banerjee. She can make 2,000 such videos. Humayun Kabir and BJP are like the North Pole and the South Pole. “We can never be together,” news agency ANI quoted Shah as saying.The Union Home Minister said the BJP would prefer to sit in the opposition for 20 years rather than forging an alliance with Humayun Kabir, who made headlines by promising to build Babri Masjid in Bengal.Amit Shah said, “Instead of sitting with those who talk about building Babri Masjid in Bengal, we would prefer to sit in opposition for 20 years.”Kabir also denied the allegations and described the video as fabricated and created through artificial intelligence.“I have not made any agreement with anyone. The clip circulated by Trinamool Congress does not show who was sitting in front of me or in what context the comment was made,” he said.He also tried to turn the tables on the ruling party by invoking this narad sting case.“Firhad Hakim and Saugata Roy were seen taking money in the Narada video. What happened to that case?”. he asked.Kabir had threatened to go to court against this on Thursday TMC General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee and Minister Firhad Hakim if failed to prove the allegation of deal worth crores of rupees.Despite dismissing the controversy, Kabir made it clear that he has no intention of backing down from the election fight.He said, “I am born alone and will fight alone. I will not step back from the fight I have started.”The controversy started with a purported 19-minute video circulated by the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday, which it claimed showed Kabir referring to a secret agreement with the BJP.In the video, whose authenticity PTI could not independently verify, a man resembling Kabir was reportedly heard claiming to be close to opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.The man was also heard saying that he was ready to go to “any extent” to remove Mamata Banerjee from power and that he had received Rs 200 crore in advance as part of a larger arrangement of Rs 1,000 crore.Citing the video, TMC alleged that Kabir’s anti-Mamata stance and his efforts to form a Muslim political front were part of a secret BJP strategy to divide minority votes in key districts like Murshidabad, Malda, North Dinajpur and Birbhum.However, the BJP worked quickly to distance itself from Kabir.
