Suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Humayun Kabir on Friday launched a blistering attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging that the newly built Jagannath Temple in Digha was “entirely taken over" by the government after the TMC came to power.

The Bharatpur (West Bengal) MLA, who stoked a controversy by laying the foundation stone for a mosque modelled on Ayodhya’s Babri Masjid in Murshidabad’s Rejinagar, further said the temple was constructed with Rs 400 crore of government funds, which is the public’s money. Kabir further claimed that another site in Siliguri had also been allotted for similar purposes

“After Mamata Banerjee’s government came to power, the entire Jagannath Temple was taken over. The temple was built using 400 crore of government funds, that is,

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