West Bengal MLA Refuses to Attend Assembly Sessions, Hints at Voluntary Retirement

Kolkata, Oct 7: Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) founder-cum-legislator Humayun Kabir on Wednesday said he would not attend the West Bengal Assembly session as long as Suvendu Adhikari is the Chief Minister of the state. He also hinted that he may take voluntary retirement from active politics. “I will not go to the West Bengal Assembly and will also not attend any session of the House as long as Suvendu Adhikari is the Chief Minister of the state. For that, I will also apologise to the people of Naoda Assembly Constituency in Murshidabad district. If necessary, I will take a voluntary retirement from my political life,” Kabir told media persons on Wednesday afternoon. Kabir retained Naoda seat In the assembly polls held earlier this year, Kabir got elected from two constituencies -- Naoda and Rejinagar, both in the Murshidabad district. Later, he chose to retain Naoda and resigned from Rejinagar, for which the bypoll was held on Tuesday. VIDEO | Kolkata: West Bengal Assembly LoP and BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari says, "First he is building a mosque in the name of Babar, and now Humayun Kabir aims to usher in a Muslim CM in Bengal. I appeal to Hindus across the state to support the BJP on every seat to stop this conspiracy he has been plotting to make a Muslim CM in the state…"(Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/bIyFWTfmBd) Kabir was arrested in Rejinagar in the morning on Tuesday at the time of polling, with charges slapped on him of moving from one booth to another in an unauthorised manner, influencing voters, intimidating police personnel, and even holding an on-duty police officer by his collar. In the Rejinagar bypoll, his son Golam Nabi Azad is the AJUP candidate. Kabir protests police action He remained detained at Rejinagar police station for 12 hours and was later released. On Wednesday, he spoke to the media, and there he expressed his desire not to go to the Assembly till the time Adhikari continues as the Chief Minister. “Is this a democratic system where a police sub-inspector can forcibly pick up an MLA and detain him for 12 hours without any specific reason? I protest against the way the police under Suvendu Adhikari tortured the people of Rejinagar for the last two months. Adhikari is the Chief Minister and also the state police minister. Humayun Kabir will not do politics at the mercy of a police minister like him,” Kabir added. He also said he will continue his work of public service for Naoda Assembly Constituency but without going to the Assembly. Also Watch: Assembly seat to remain vacant “I will not attend meetings called by the Assembly’s minority affairs committee, house committee, business advisory committee, any all-party meeting or any meeting convened by the Speaker of the House. The seat number 88 reserved for me in the House will remain vacant henceforth. A political party chief is not safe in his own party office. The police dragged me from there. That is why my mind is not ready to accept this democratic mockery," he said. “I will take the opinion of the people of Naoda in the coming days. If they give permission, I can also give up the MLA post. I will also give up active politics if they ask,” Kabir added. (Except for the headline, this article has not been edited by FPJ's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)