Overview
- Khokon Chandra Das, a Hindu trader attacked and set on fire in Bangladesh earlier this week, died in a Dhaka hospital, prompting West Bengal BJP leaders to link the killings to broader threats facing Bengali Hindus.
- Mithun Chakraborty escalated the BJP’s pitch, vowing to form the 2026 state government, accusing the TMC of trying to make Bengal ‘West Bangladesh’ and criticizing the refusal to implement the Ayushman Bharat scheme.
- TMC rolled out a new month‑long campaign fronted by Abhishek Banerjee with the ‘Ghayal hoon, isliye ghaatak hoon’ message as the party presses its case on voter roll integrity and counters BJP corruption and fear claims.
- A political storm over KKR’s signing of Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman continued, with BJP leaders targeting Shah Rukh Khan as opposition parties and former cricketers defended the franchise process and questioned government silence on Bangladesh attacks.
- Zee News’ DNA reported Maulana Sajid Rashidi advocating violence in response to calls to say ‘Vande Mataram’ and to opposition to a Bangladeshi player in KKR, framing the remarks as explicit incitement.