New Delhi, Dec. 29 -- Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar on Monday claimed that Jan Unnayan Party chief Humayun Kabir was in touch with TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee before Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's close aide, Firhad Hakim, got him suspended from the party.

After Abhishek Banerjee brought up Humayun Kabir's past allegiance to the BJP, Sukanta Majumdar said it "would not be right" to make judgments regarding the JUP chief.

Majumdar told ANI, "It wouldn't be right to make too many judgments about Humayun Kabir because the information we have is that Abhishek Banerjee was constantly in touch with Humayun Kabir and was trying to keep him in his party. But when Abhishek Banerjee went to the USA for some reason, Firhad Hakim made his move. Fi...