: BJP flag on top of Indian flag at Kalyan Singh prayer meet sparks controversy #IndiaNEWS The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday faced severe criticism on social media after it tweeted a photograph showing

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BJP flag on top of Indian flag at Kalyan Singh prayer meet sparks controversy #IndiaNEWS
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday faced severe criticism on social media after it tweeted a photograph showing the body of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh draped with the party’s flag on top of the tricolour.The incident took place as Singh’s body lay in the state at his residence in Lucknow. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among those who paid tribute. Singh, 89, died on Saturday in a hospital in Lucknow.According to Section 4 of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act:3.16 No other flag or bunting shall be placed higher than or above or, except as hereinafter provided, side by side with the National Flag; nor shall any object including flowers or garlands or emblem be placed on or above the Flag-mast from which the Flag is flown.Singh, who was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh when the Babri Mosque demolition took place, was accused of criminal conspiracy in the case. He was acquitted by a special Central Bureau of Investigation court in September along with senior BJP leaders Lal Krishna Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti. Singh had also been the governor of Rajasthan between 2014 and 2015. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said on Twitter that it was an insult to the national flag. “As one who had...Read more

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