Kolkata: Humayun Kabir has acknowledged that the video released by Trinamool — purportedly showing him seeking Rs 1,000 crore from BJP and calling Muslims “gullible” — is authentic, but alleged it was selectively edited from a 51-minute recording. The admission has handed Trinamool fresh ammunition against BJP after PM Narendra Modi’s comment on Trinamool circulating AI-generated clips.“The video is true, but only 19 minutes of a 51-minute conversation has been shown. I was speaking to two persons — one claimed to be a Sadhu from Siliguri, the other a journalist from Delhi. I have the full video and documents to support my claims,” Kabir, founder of Aam Janata Unnayan Party, said on Saturday. He alleged that Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee had orchestrated a sting operation, sending a man “disguised as a maharaj” and a Delhi-based journalist to entrap him.“I will identify them and take legal action. I have six lawyers ready,” he said, adding that the recording took place at his Berhampore flat on Dec 19, 2025. “There is no footage showing me meeting any BJP leader — not Modi, not Shah,” he said. Kabir also trained his guns on CM Mamata Banerjee. “It was Mamata Banerjee who brought the BJP into Bengal. In three days, I will reveal everything — where Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee held meetings with the RSS and how they planned actions against Muslims,” he alleged, adding that six lawyers were already appointed and a case would be filed in the High Court.Trinamool was quick to use the admission to target BJP. “When Kabir himself has said the video is real, why did the Prime Minister call it AI-generated?” a senior party functionary asked.CM Mamata Banerjee, addressing a rally in Bankura’s Onda, said: “You are seeing how a Rs 1,000 crore deal has been made to divide Hindus and Muslims. The person in the video is saying it is real — how will this be covered up now?”The 19-minute clip, titled ‘The Reality of HK’, has not been independently verified.The controversy has already claimed political casualties. AIMIM snapped its alliance with Kabir’s AJUP within a day of the video surfacing, saying it “cannot associate with statements where the integrity of Muslims is questioned,” and announced it would contest the Bengal elections independently.‘The video is true, but only 19 minutes of a 51-minute conversation has been shown I have the full video and documents to support my claims,’ said Kabir.
