'Admin ‘hostility’: AJUP chief Kabir says he & son won’t campaign for Rejinagar bypoll
REJINAGAR (MURSHIDABAD): The second act of the Rejinagar bypoll drama unfolded on Sunday, with AJUP chief Humayun Kabir, who won the seat four-and-a-half months ago, announcing that he would not campaign for his son and party candidate Golam Nabi Azad, citing “hostility” from the administration.Hours later, he said his son, too, would stay away from electioneering.Kabir’s statements came a day after the flip-flop by Mamata All India Trinamool Congress candidate Rabiul Alam Chowdhury, who had said on Saturday morning that he would withdraw his nomination for the Oct 6 bypoll, only to retract his statement in the afternoon.“I have decided not to campaign,” Kabir said. “Whoever I meet is being arrested or threatened. They have arrested 25 party workers... I will speak to voters through social media.
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