New Delhi [India], February 1 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Malviya slammed former Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA and Jan Unnayan Party chief Humayun Kabir over his allegations that Mamata Banerjee prompted him to give a hate speech in 2024.
Malviya condemned the shift from hate speech to threats and then the claim of political encouragement.
In a post on X, Malviya quoted Kabir's remarks made at an event in Murshidabad on Saturday, criticising his hate speech against Hindus and shared a video of Kabir from the event.
"Mamata Banerjee asked me to give hate speeches against Hindus to ensure Yusuf Pathan's victory -- TMC MLA Humayun Kabir. This is the same Humayun Kabir who, in 2024, openly threatened that he would throw Hindus into the Bhagirathi River. Let that sink in. Hate speech. Threats. And now a claim that it was politically encouraged," Malviya wrote.

Earlier during an event, Kabir apologised for his remarks against Hindus in 2024, alleging that he was compelled to deliver the speech at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's direction to ensure Yusuf Pathan's victory during the campaigning of TMC for the Lok Sabha elections. He said that he never hated Hindus and would never do anything like that intentionally.
"I am sorry. While keeping Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's words in mind, I hurt the sentiments of my Hindu brothers. I sincerely apologise for that statement of mine. Humayun Kabir will never say anything like this intentionally. Once the anger subsides, you will understand that you can trust me. I am sorry for the statements that were made on 1 May 2024. Many Hindu people believe that I hate Hindus, but at the age of 63, with 42 years of political experience, I have never done anything of that sort," he said.
After the event, Humayun Kabir asserted his party's victory in the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections, adding that "TMC will certainly lose."
Speaking to ANI after an event in Murshidabad on Saturday, Kabir said, "...We will try to defeat them (TMC)...In this election, TMC will certainly lose...At the time (during the campaigning of TMC for the Lok Sabha elections), I had said certain things to ensure that their (TMC) candidate (Yusuf Pathan) wins..."