Humayun Kabir

Humayun Kabir (born 3 January 1963) is an Indian politician from West Bengal, who is the current MLA from Naoda. A former Trinamool Congress MLA who previously served as a Minister of State during First Banerjee ministry. Kabir's journey in politics was started from Congress. He came in limelight by winning at the 2011 Assembly election from newly established Rejinagar, but he resigned within a year in 2012 and joined the ruling party TMC, who made them a minister of state. He could not continue as the minister for more than 6 months as he lost the bye-election in 2013. In 2015, he was expelled from Trinamool for 6 years for doing anti-party activities. TMC expelled him again in December, 2025 for his initiative of building a Babri-style mosque. Since then he has founded the AJUP and currently serves as its president.The party generally focuses on Secularism and Islamic Rights.

Career After being expelled by TMC in 2015, he contested as an independent candidate in 2016 elections to retain his Rejinagar seat from his predecessor Rabiul Alam Chowdhury but lost. He joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2018 and contested from Murshidabad seat during 2019 Indian general elections but lost to TMC. After completing six years of expulsion, he rejoined TMC and won as MLA from Bharatpur seat.

Humayun Kabir was suspended from the Trinamool Congress after he reportedly proposed the construction of a Babri Masjid in Bengal in December 2025. On 22 December 2025, he launched his own party, named Aam Janata Unnayan Party. Period Party Position Until 2012 Indian National Congress Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly2012-2013 Trinamool Congress Minister of State, Animal Resources Development 2013–2016 Trinamool Congress — 2016–2018 Independent — 2018–2021 Bharatiya Janata Party — 2021–2025 Trinamool Congress Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly From 2026 Aam Janata Unnayan Party Chairman From 2026 AJUP Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly

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Controversies While campaigning for the 2024 Indian general election, Trinamool Congress legislator Humayun Kabir stated that he will throw Bharatiya Janata Party supporters into the Bhagirathi River, a branch of the Ganges in West Bengal, in a span of two hours after winning. He stated that Muslims constitute 70% of the population of Murshidabad and to "not imagine" that "only 30 percent" (i.e. Hindus) are present.