Amid an increasingly crowded electoral field in West Bengal, expelled Trinamul Congress leader Humayun Kabir on Wednesday announced his second list of candidates for his newly floated Janata Unnayan Party(JUP).
With the Left Front-ISF alliance for the 2026 Assembly elections now almost confirmed, fresh political ripples have emerged in West Bengal with Humayun Kabir, founder of the Janata Unnayan Party (JUP) and a sitting MLA, making a renewed pitch to the CPI-M.
In the stronghold of state minister Swapan Debnath, members of around 200 families have left the Trinamul Congress to join Humayun Kabir’s Janta United Party (JUP). This marks the second such development in the Purbasthali blocks of East Burdwan within a fortnight.
The newly-formed Janata Unnayan Party (JUP), floated by controversial MLA Humayun Kabir, opened its office in East Burdwan this afternoon, with the party’s district secretary announcing a political battle against the three-time MLA from the Purbasthali (Uttar) Assembly constituency.
The All India Minority Organisation (AIMO) has announced its decision to campaign against the Janata Unnayan Party (JUP) in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, citing alleged derogatory remarks made by JUP chief and Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir against Kolkata Mayor and state Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim.
Speculation over possible political realignments ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections intensified on Friday after Left Front chairman Biman Bose did not categorically rule out discussions with the Janata Unnayan Party (JUP), floated recently by expelled Trinamul Congress MLA Humayun Kabir.
