BJP Leader Charged With Insulting ‘Tiranga’ In Lakshadweep

BJP leader shared pictures of holding the national flag upside down

Kavaratti, Lakshadweep: On Tuesday, Kavaratti Police registered a case against Lakshadweep BJP general secretary Mohammed Kasim HK for allegedly insulting the national flag.

The BJP leader is accused of sharing pictures of holding the national flag upside down along with his wife on social media. Police sent a notice asking him to appear before it.

"In exercise of the power conferred under section subsection (1) of section 41-A of CrPC, I hereby inform you that you are an accused suspect in a crime which has been registered at Kavaratti Police Station U/s 2 of The Prevention of Insult to National Honour Act 1971 on August 14 and that you are hereby directed to appear at Police Station Kavaratti, Lakshadweep on August 25 at 10:30 AM for interrogation into the case. Please note that non-compliance and refusal of this order is punishable U/s 174 IPC," read the notice.

'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign by the Centre to commemorate 75 years of the country's Independence has helped boost demand for the tricolour as flag makers and traders are witnessing a surge in order and sales of the national flag this time.

Flag manufacturers also hailed the central government's decision to allow companies to spend their CSR (corporate social responsibility) funds for the campaign.

"There has been high demand for the flag this time. I have not seen such a demand in the last 16 years of my business. We are still receiving enquiries but we have to decline some of them at the last moment. We have already supplied 10 lakh pieces of the national flag and sales were bolstered by the Har Ghar Trianga campaign," The Flag Company co-founder Dalvir Singh Nagi told media.