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Mamata Banerjee’s Osman Hadi killing speech has put India in a geopolitical mess

Mamata Banerjee alleged that Amit Shah had asked her not to divulge information related to the assassination of Bangladeshi youth leader Osman Hadi in Dhaka last December.

With the TMC imploding and 20 of 28 MPs now supporting the BJP-led NDA, there is evidently no love lost between former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the BJP.

At a time like this, it would be unrealistic to expect that a hardened streetfighter like Banerjee would extend any political niceties to the BJP. Rather, at such times of existential crisis for her party, perhaps it is natural for her to do everything that would put the BJP in an embarrassing political situation.

But the one thing that should not be mingled with, not just for Banerjee but any politician belonging to any political dispensation in India, is compromising the country’s national security interests.

Banerjee talking to the press about Bangladeshi student leader Osman Hadi’s killer and his alleged India connection is thus less about embarrassing the NDA government at the centre and more about putting India in a geopolitical soup.

This move by Banerjee might just become the last nail in her party’s coffin because TMC is already enduring its gravest political crisis following a crushing defeat in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections. 

What does Mamata know?

At a political event in Kolkata recently, Banerjee alleged that the Union Home Minister Amit Shah had asked her not to divulge information related to the daylight assassination of popular Bangladeshi youth leader Osman Hadi in Dhaka last December. 

Hadi’s murder had plunged Bangladesh into chaos as murderous mobs attacked minorities, cultural institutions and media houses even as anti-India sentiment peaked in the country.

Protesters staged demonstrations outside the Indian High Commission in Dhaka. 

“In Rajshahi, protesters tried to advance towards the office of an Indian regional diplomat, but police blocked them. Several social media videos showed incidents of stone-pelting near the Indian Assistant High Commission office. The office had to shut operations for the day, along with services at two visa centres,” a news report said.

The report added that in a Facebook post, Hadi’s political platform, Inquilab........

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