KOLKATA: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and West Bengal state assembly opposition leader, Suvendu Adhikari, has faced backlash for his provocative comments in which he said that Bangladesh should be given the same “lesson” Israel has taught Gaza.
Adhikari made his statement while protesting in Kolkata in front of the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission. He further claimed that the Hindu minority in Bangladesh is the Indian government’s responsibility to protect.
The politician also alluded to “Operation Sundor” in Pakistan and indirectly suggested a similar action for Bangladesh.
The ruling Trinamool Congress party condemned the action as extremely dangerous, highly irresponsible, and inciting hatred, while at the same time warning that this kind of talk could further aggravate regional tensions.
Indian news reports say that Adhikari’s statements have now created a public discourse on India-Bangladesh relations to the extent that the opposition parties started accusing the BJP of trying to gain votes by playing with the sensitive regional issues.
Pro-Kashmir slogans raised during justice for Hadi protest in Bangladesh
Earlier, participants at the ongoing rally justice for Hadi have raised pro-Kashmir slogans during the protest in Bangladesh, leaving a message against Indian aggression in Indian Occupied Kashmir.
A massive protest rally called “Inqilab Moncho” is taking place in Dhaka, Bangladesh, following the assassination of Osman Hadi, the leader of the Gen Zee party. He was shot and injured during an attack and later died from his injuries at a hospital in Thailand a week later. His death has sparked widespread protests across the country, with people demanding justice for Osman Hadi.
During the rally on Sunday, protest participants raised anti-India and pro-Kashmir slogans, condemning Indian aggression in Kashmir.
The protesters chanted slogans calling for Azadi (freedom) for Kashmir, demanding an end to what they describe as Indian illegal occupation.
WHO WAS SHARIF OSMAN HADI?
Sharif Osman Hadi, a leading leader of the student movement in Bangladesh, was laid to rest at Dhaka University.
According to foreign media reports, Osman Hadi was buried next to national poet Qazi Nazrul Islam at Dhaka University. According to the spokesperson of the Sharif Inqilab Mancha, Usman Hadi was laid to rest next to national poet Qazi Nazrul Islam at the request of his family.
Bangladesh: Funeral prayers of the leading student movement leader Sharif Usman Hadi were offered
It should be noted that the funeral prayers of 32-year-old Usman Hadi were offered after Zuhr prayers on Manik Mia Avenue, adjacent to the main mosque of Dhaka University. The body will not be allowed to be seen at the funeral.
Dhaka University Proctor Saifuddin Ahmed, while talking to the media on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, said that the decision to bury Usman Hadi next to the grave of Qazi Nazrul Islam was taken at an emergency online meeting of the Dhaka University Syndicate at 10:30 pm after two requests received from the Division and the Dhaka University Central Students Union (DUXO).
