Kolkata, Dec. 1 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dilip Ghosh on Monday reacted strongly to Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Humayun Kabir's remarks, asserting that while people are free to construct places of worship on their own land, no structure in India would ever be built in the name of Mughal ruler Babur.

Responding to Kabir's statement, Ghosh said, "Anyone can build a temple or a mosque on their own land, but no mosque will be built in India in the name of Babur. The Hindu community protested against him for 450 years, destroyed his structures, and later built the Ram temple. Babar was an invader; nothing will be made in his name here."

Ghosh's comments came amid heightened political exchanges in West Bengal, after Kabir reiter...