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On this Special Report, the focus is on the escalating political row in West Bengal over suspended TMC leader Humayun Kabir's plan to build a 'Babri Masjid' replica in Murshidabad. TMC analyst Manojit Mandal defends the state government's non-interference, citing a High Court verdict that allows construction on private land. Mandal states, 'The High Court categorically stated that someone can build a mosque in a private land. The state can't do anything with that.' He counters accusations of appeasement by pointing to the lack of BJP opposition to the Jagannath Temple in Digha. The debate, hosted by Gaurav Sawant, features an intense exchange where an unidentified BJP spokesperson questions why Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has not arrested Kabir to prevent potential communal disharmony.
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