India, April 17 -- Expelled TMC leader Humayun Kabir is all set for a debut in the West Bengal assembly elections after he floated Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AUJP) in a bid to challenge Mamata Banerjee's party.

Kabir, who enjoys influence in his native Murshidabad, has been in the news ever since breaking away from TMC last year, emerging as a roadblock to the ruling camp in its attempt to consolidate minority voters.

Ever since the Bharatpur MLA announced his decision, there have been speculations whether AUJP will be successful in splitting Muslim vote bank, which has been with the TMC in the last few elections.

Kabir's party has however met with few boosts, but many setbacks. The biggest boos for Kabir's newly formed party was when A...