Kolkata, May 4 (PTI) Aam Janata Unnayan Party chief Humayun Kabir was leading in the Nowda and Rejinagar seats of West Bengal’s Murshidabad district over his nearest rivals as counting of votes progressed on Monday.
According to the Election Commission website, Kabir, who was suspended from the TMC over his proposal to build a mosque modelled on Babri Masjid in Murshidabad district, led in the Nowda seat by 5,796 votes over his nearest rival after the fifth round of counting.
In Rejinagar, he was leading by 6,325 seats over BJP’s Bapan Ghosh after the third round of counting.
“Grateful to the people of Murshidabad, who replied to the injustice meted out to me and the discrimination against minorities by the Mamata Banerjee government,” he told PTI Videos.
On Saturday, he had predicted that the AJUP would get at least four seats and play an important part in forming the new government in Bengal. PTI SUS NSD
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