Battle Against Communal Forces Spreading Hatred Will Continue: Mamata

PTI, KOLKATA, DEC 6, 2025 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said the battle against communal forces that spread hatred will continue and asserted that her government is committed to protecting and strengthening the ideals and principles of the country's Constitution. Banerjee's comment comes on a day when suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir was set to lay the foundation stone for the construction of a mosque – modelled on Ayodhya’s Babri Masjid – at Beldanga in Murshidabad district. Kabir had announced the foundation-laying ceremony for the proposed mosque on December 6, which also marks the anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya.

Taking to X, Banerjee said, "The soil of Bengal is the soil of unity. This is the land of Rabindranath (Tagore), the land of Nazrul (Islam), the land of Ramakrishna–Vivekananda—this land has never bowed its head before any divisive move, nor will it ever do so in the days to come." She also said, "Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Jains and Buddhists — in Bengal, we know how to walk shoulder to shoulder. We share our joys with one another, because we believe that practising one's own faith as per religious beliefs belongs to each individual, but festivals belong to all."