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Kabir threatens NH-12 blockade over Babri mosque event on Dec 6
The Story in Brief
Aam Janata Unnayan Party founder Humayun Kabir announced on Monday that the second phase of construction of his Babri Masjid-styled mosque in Murshidabad, West Bengal, will begin on December 6 with a gathering of five lakh Muslims, and that the mosque will be inaugurated on the same date two years later.
Kabir threatened to block National Highway 12 for four to five hours on December 6 if police disrupt the event, saying his followers will converge from several districts. BJP Rejinagar MLA Shankharav Sarkar responded that Muslims have enough faith to build a mosque but warned Kabir against dividing people with religious cards, adding that the chief minister and home minister is Suvendu Adhikari.
Congress’s Jayanta Das called the controversy a joint strategy of BJP and AJUP to polarise voters. NCPI MP Abu Taher Khan said Kabir was misusing sentiments surrounding Babri Masjid. Police have heightened vigilance in the area.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Deccan Chronicle leads with Kabir's threat to lay siege and his claim of Rs 8.68 crore in public donations, while Times of India foregrounds the NH-12 blockade plan and includes reactions from Congress and NCPI that frame the event as a polarisation strategy. Both outlets report the BJP MLA's warning, but Deccan Chronicle omits the political accusations from Congress and NCPI, giving Kabir's financial disclosure more prominence. The critical framing from Congress and NCPI, present only in Times of India, shifts the story from a law-and-order incident to a political calculation. The two versions together suggest a coordinated political backlash beyond the immediate police threat.
Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral
Sources (2): deccanchronicle.com (neutral report), timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Methodology and corrections.
