Kolkata: “Enough is enough, it’s time to teach such people a lesson,” roared CM Suvendu Adhikari in the assembly on Monday referring to AJUP chief Humayun Kabir, adding that he would not allow the Nowda MLA to make “reckless and unrestrained political statements.”According to the CM, Kabir had threatened to mobilise large crowds and challenge law enforcement in a speech at a public meeting in Murshidabad’s Shaktipur on June 8 and again at Rejinagar on June 26.Reading out quotes from Kabir’s speech, Adhikari said Kabir had spoken about surrounding the Lalgola police station with 10,000 people to force the govt to transfer an officer.“I will not only make him withdraw his statements but also ensure he thinks twice before making such remarks. I assure the house that this will be the last time he makes such comments in public,” the CM said.The CM’s comments came after two BJP MLAs raised a point of order to speaker Rathindra Bose.He further said Kabir made the comments to polarise voters ahead of the by-polls in Rejinagar which his son is likely to contest after Kabir vacated the seat.Kabir left the assembly while the CM was speaking and later told reporters that his comments were not against the govt but those who had become BJP netas overnight after the assembly poll results.“I responded politically to those who attacked me and supporters of my party. If someone hurls stones at me, I won’t feed them rasgullas,” said Kabir.Meanwhile Adhikari, while addressing the assembly, also spoke about how his govt had already put TMC strongmen behind bars.“There was a neta in Sandeshkhali, who in Jan 2024, said he would sever the limbs of the erstwhile LoP. Look at where he is now,” he said, in an apparent reference to Sheikh Shahjahan who was recently arrested by the ED after being on the run for 55 days.“There was another from Bhangar. He too met the same fate,” the CM said in an apparent reference to Saokat Molla who was recently arrested by the NIA.Then, referring to ex-TMC MLA from Falta, Jahangir Khan, the CM said: “One who called himself ‘Pushpa’ is now being made to walk barefoot in shorts in his constituency. He is being made to hold his ears and squat,” said Adhikari.
