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In other statements he has framed himself and his organisation as uncompromising opponents of “fascism” and argued that July protesters should not allow the ruling party to regain political legitimacy.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 May 2025 |title=জুলাইয়ের সাথে যারা গাদ্দারি করবে, তাদের ছাড় নয়: ইনকিলাব মঞ্চ |url=https://ekhon.tv/article/681c9a1ef4f78fa2f7e3379b |access-date=30 November 2025 |work=Ekhon TV |language=bn}}</ref>

In other statements he has framed himself and his organisation as uncompromising opponents of “fascism” and argued that July protesters should not allow the ruling party to regain political legitimacy.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 May 2025 |title=জুলাইয়ের সাথে যারা গাদ্দারি করবে, তাদের ছাড় নয়: ইনকিলাব মঞ্চ |url=https://ekhon.tv/article/681c9a1ef4f78fa2f7e3379b |access-date=30 November 2025 |work=Ekhon TV |language=bn}}</ref>

=== Call for a national government ===

=== Call for a government ===

On 24 May 2025 Inquilab Mancha held a press conference at the [[University of Dhaka]], where Hadi called for a “national government” inclusive of all anti–“fascist“ forces, explicitly naming the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]], [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|Jamaat-e-Islami]], [[Islami Andolan Bangladesh]] and others.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Inquilab Mancha calls for national government|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/382089/call-for-national-government-by-inquilab-mancha|website=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=2025-11-30|language=en}}</ref><ref name=”auto3″/> Earlier, at a human chain in front of the [[Bangladesh National Museum|National Museum]] in Shahbagh, Hadi announced a continuous sit-in programme with five demands, including the arrest of activist Lucky Akter, investigations into past killings and a ban on the Awami League.<ref name=”auto4″/>

On 24 May 2025 Inquilab Mancha held a press conference at the [[University of Dhaka]], where Hadi called for a ” government” inclusive of all -fascist forces, explicitly naming the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]], [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]], [[Islami Andolan Bangladesh]] and others.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Inquilab Mancha calls for national government|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/382089/call-for-national-government-by-inquilab-mancha|website=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=2025-11-30|language=en}}</ref><ref name=”auto3″/> Earlier, at a human chain in front of the [[Bangladesh National Museum]] in Shahbagh, Hadi announced a continuous sit-in programme with five demands, including the arrest of activist Lucky Akter, investigations into past killings and a ban on the Awami League.<ref name=”auto4″/>

=== Positions on other political actors ===

=== Positions on other political actors ===

Bangladeshi politician and activist

Sharif Osman Hadi (Bengali: শরীফ ওসমান হাদি), better known as Osman Hadi, is a Bangladeshi politician and activist.^[1] He has been serving as the spokesperson and leader of the political platform Inquilab Mancha. He emerged as a prominent figure in the youth-led movements that followed the July Revolution in Bangladesh, particularly for his calls to ban the Awami League and to form a broad-based “National government”.^[2][3]

In 2025, he announced his candidacy for the Dhaka-8 constituency in the national parliamentary election as an independent politician.^[4] He was shot down during his campaign on 12 December 2025, by unknown assailants on motorcycles in the Paltan area of Dhaka,^[5] and is currently in coma.^[6]

Background

Osman Hadi was born in Nalchity Upazila of Jhalokathi District into a Muslim family. His father is a madrasa teacher and a local imam. Hadi is the youngest of three siblings. He grew up in a religious educational environment. He began his formal education at the Jhalakati N S Kamil Madrasa, where he completed the Alim level before enrolling in the Department of Political Science at the University of Dhaka.^[1]

Hadi later became a resident of Rampura in Dhaka. During the July movement, he was involved in local organisational activities and served as a coordinator for the Rampura area.^[2]

Inquilab Mancha

Inquilab Mancha is a youth and uprising inspired platform that emerged from the students and citizens mobilisation around the July protests in Bangladesh. The organisation’s stated aims include defending the country’s independence and sovereignty, opposing all forms of domination, and building an “Insaaf-based state”.^[7][8]

Hadi is repeatedly identified in media as the spokesperson or convenor of the platform.^[2][9][3]

Political activism

July Revolution and youth alliances

Osman Hadi was an active participant in the July Revolution. Following the protests, Hadi emerged as one of the visible young organisers demanding accountability for protest-related deaths. He has accused certain opposition groups of attempting to dominate the movement and criticised what he characterised as corruption among some youth political leaders.^[10]

Inquilab Mancha joined a broader network of youth platforms and alliances calling for accountability for protest-related killings and for a ban on the Awami League. Several reports have identified Inquilab Moncho as part of the “July Unity coalition”, a grouping of youth and civil society platforms formed in the aftermath of the July protests^[11]

Hadi has publicly criticised other opposition platforms, including the National Citizen Party, alleging that they have tried to “monopolise” the July uprising and that some leaders have become corrupt.^[10][12]

Demands to ban the Awami League

Hadi and Inquilab Mancha have repeatedly called for the Awami League to be banned “constitutionally” from politics, arguing that the party is responsible for repression and protest-related killings.^[13] At a “martyrs’ assembly” in Shahbagh, he urged political parties to include the trial and banning of the Awami League in their election manifestos and announced plans for a “March for Bangladesh” towards the Secretariat if their demands were not met within 100 days.^[3]

In other statements he has framed himself and his organisation as uncompromising opponents of “fascism” and argued that July protesters should not allow the ruling party to regain political legitimacy.^[14]

Call for a National government

On 24 May 2025, Inquilab Mancha held a press conference at the University of Dhaka, where Hadi called for a “National government” inclusive of all Anti-fascist forces, explicitly naming the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Islami Andolan Bangladesh and others.^[15][2] Earlier, at a human chain in front of the Bangladesh National Museum in Shahbagh, Hadi announced a continuous sit-in programme with five demands, including the arrest of activist Lucky Akter, investigations into past killings and a ban on the Awami League.^[9]

Positions on other political actors

Hadi has commented on wider opposition politics, stating in one televised discussion that “politics is essentially about bargaining” in the context of reported talks between the National Citizen Party (NCP) and Gono Odhikar Parishad on a possible merger.^[16][17]

Views on the BNP and traditional politics

At a press conference held at the Madhur Canteen of the University of Dhaka in July 2025, Sharif Osman Hadi stated that if the BNP returned to power while continuing what he described as ‘old-style’ politics, the party would not remain in office for even two years.^[18] He emphasised the need for a people-centred political approach and warned that the public would not accept a parliament that, in his words, merely passes ‘anti-national laws’.

2026 parliamentary election

Ahead of the 2026 Bangladeshi general election, Hadi announced that he would contest the Dhaka-8 seat as an independent candidate. He declared plans for community-level meetings and neighbourhood consultations and later conducted campaign activities including rallies and public speeches. He stated that, if elected, he intended to confront corruption in parliament.

Hadi invited residents of the constituency to participate in his “electoral journey” and consultation meetings in different neighbourhoods.^[4][7] During the campaign period he conducted a “van rally” in central Dhaka, using sharply critical rhetoric towards other MPs and promising to expose corruption if elected.^[19]

Hadi frequently uses social media and public speeches to comment on political developments. In a July 2025 human chain, Inquilab Mancha, with Hadi as spokesperson, demanded the arrest of activist Lucky Akter and called for investigations into alleged massacres.^[9]

He has also addressed issues such as alleged “disinformation” about disappeared bodies, arguing that certain campaigns constitute a conspiracy against the state and that mass killings cannot easily be concealed in contemporary Bangladesh.^[20][21][22]

Attack

On December 12, 2025, at approximately 2:25 PM (BST), Osman Hadi was shot in the jaw by unknown assailants on three motorcycles in the Paltan area of the capital. Following the attack, which occurred shortly after Jumma prayers, Hadi was rushed to the emergency department at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.^[5][23] After that, he was taken to the One-Stop Emergency Center of the hospital, where he is currently in a coma with a GCS score of 3 and is experiencing Mydriasis.^[6] After that, he was taken to the neurosurgery department, where his cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedure was performed.^[24] Then he was transferred to Evercare Hospital for better treatment.^[24]

Threats

Hadi previously reported receiving death threats through phone calls and messages, including threats to set fire to his home and harm female family members.^[25][26][27] He stated that such threats would not deter him from activism.^[28][29]

Criticism

In 2025, following clashes during the National Citizen Party’s ‘March to Gopalganj’ campaign, he sharply criticised the situation using profanity and called for the dissolution of Gopalganj District, which generated widespread controversy and public debate.^[30][31][32] Later, amid criticism, he described his outburst as a ‘epic of liberation’ and expressed regret to anyone who may have been offended.^[33]

See also

References