Overview
- BJP leader Sangeet Som called Shah Rukh Khan a “gaddar” after KKR signed Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman and vowed the player would not be allowed to step out of the airport.
- Opposition leaders, including Congress’s Manickam Tagore and AAP’s Sanjay Singh, condemned the slur and asked why Khan is being singled out as former cricketer Atul Vasan noted IPL selections follow team committees and BCCI auctions.
- Fresh reporting from Bangladesh detailed a mob attack that left Hindu trader Khokon Chandra Das critically injured after being burned, as India reiterated serious concern over continuing violence against minorities there.
- BJP figures folded the dispute into West Bengal’s 2026 fight, with Mithun Chakraborty asserting the party will form the next government and accusing TMC of turning the state toward “West Bangladesh.”
- Parallel coverage featured media claims, not independently verified in the reports provided, of cross‑border extremist activity via Bangladesh, while the BJP‑Shiv Sena alliance logged 68 municipal seats unopposed in Maharashtra and the RSS chief said the Sangh does not control the BJP.