‘Go Back, BJP Agent’: TMC supporters protest after Humayun Kabir visits Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground ahead of his new party’s rally

Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir. (File Photo)

Suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir on Monday faced protests during a visit to Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground, where he has planned a rally of his new party along with a Quran reading session.

While Kabir, who floated the Janata Unnayan Party in December 2025, was addressing the media after the visit, a group of people who were playing cricket on the ground began shouting slogans against him, accusing the MLA of being a “BJP agent”. All of them claimed to be supporters of the ruling TMC.

With a cricket ball and bat in their hands, the protesters shouted “Khela Hobe (the game is on)” and “Go Back, BJP Agent”. They also vowed to shout slogans against Kabir whenever he visited the ground.

When asked whether they were political workers, the protesters claimed they had come from the Kolkata Port area to play cricket and identified themselves as TMC supporters.

For his part, Kabir said before leaving the ground, “Let them try to disrupt the meeting if they can. We will see who whose agent is. I will not respond to their allegations.”

Kabir said close to 10 lakh people would come to the Brigade Parade Ground for the party rally next month, adding that he would obtain all necessary permissions for the event.

The TMC has distanced itself from Kabir since he laid the foundation stone on December 6, 2025, for a “Babri Masjid-style” mosque that he plans to build at Beldanga in Murshidabad.

Kabir has said that his primary intention is to be the leader of the Muslim community in Bengal and speak for its development, alleging that the TMC used the community only for votes. He has also said that he will oust the TMC from power and invited other parties to join him.