Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Shatrughan Sinha on Saturday accused the BJP of repeatedly using religion to provoke voters, while praising West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's leadership and popularity across the state.
Speaking to ANI, Adhikari alleged that invoking the name of Babar was provocative and accused the state government of extending police protection to the event while restricting Hindu religious practices.
Momin told ANI that Hamayun Kabir reflects TMC's agenda to make West Bengal an "Islamic state". He targeted both TMC and Kabir since the latter went ahead with laying the foundation stone for a Babri Masjid in Murshidabad on the 33rd anniversary of the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition.
England Test captain Ben Stokes became the 10th highest wicket-taker for his country in the longest format of the match. Stokes, who now has 238 Test wickets, has overtaken the former England pacer Alec Bedser to achieve the milestone and enter the all-time highest wicket-taker list.
Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley showed resilience, holding each end as they powered England to 45 without loss, trailing by 132 runs at dinner on Day 3 in the day-night Ashes Test in Brisbane. Australia had earlier been bundled out for 511, taking a massive 177-run lead.
He drew attention to the constitutional right to build places of worship and said that he is not doing anything unconstitutional, "as anyone can make a temple or church, so can I".
This comes after the Trinamool Congress (TMC) suspended West Bengal MLA Humayun Kabir on Thursday over his remarks, in which he claimed he would inaugurate a Babri Masjid in the state's Murshidabad district today.
The bench of Justice K Babu considered the MLA's anticipatory bail plea and directed that detailed arguments would be heard. The matter is scheduled to be taken up again on December 15.
Australia continued to dominate in the ongoing Second Ashes Test against England at the Gabba on Saturday as they reached 450/8 in 99 overs, taking a lead of 116 runs at Tea on Day 3. Mitchell Starc (46*) and Scott Boland (7*) were unbeaten at the crease.