Overview
- At a CWC meeting, Digvijay Singh praised the RSS’s organizational discipline and warned of 'sleeper cells' inside Congress, later clarifying he opposes RSS ideology but values organizational rigor.
- Senior leaders split publicly, with Pawan Khera and Supriya Shrinate rejecting any lesson from the RSS, while T. S. Singh Deo and Shashi Tharoor backed learning work methods and stressed strengthening the party’s ground network.
- AICC general secretary K. C. Venugopal spoke to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D. K. Shivakumar, pressing for sensitivity, grievance redressal, and rehabilitation for families affected by the Kogilu demolition; the state defended the action as clearing encroachment on a waste-dumping site and promised temporary shelter and aid.
- Dhaka Metropolitan Police said two suspects in the Osman Hadi killing crossed into India via the Meghalaya border, with Bangladesh seeking their arrest and extradition through formal and informal channels; reports that Indian authorities detained two alleged helpers remain without official confirmation.
- Street protests by Muslim clerics in Mumbai and Lucknow denounced attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh, as political rhetoric intensified with Congress MP Manickam Tagore likening the RSS to Al‑Qaeda, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge accusing the BJP of weakening institutions, and Mehbooba Mufti saying India is becoming 'Lynchistan'.