Kolkata, Dec. 8 -- A video showing stacks of currency notes being counted as donationsfor the proposed Babri Mosque in Beldanga, Murshidabad, has drawn wide public attentionafter suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Humayun Kabir posted it on social media.
The footage, which quickly went viral, has triggered fresh debate over the scale and source of the funds being collected for the project.
Kabir, the legislator from Bharatpur, said on Monday that 11 trunks filled with cash had been collected from local residents since Saturday, when the foundation stone for the proposedmosque was laid.
"The exact worth of the currencies collected as cash donations is yet to be ascertained," he said.
According to ground reports, counting began on Sun...