Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday hit out at a section of the farmers who hoisted a flag related to the Sikh religion at the Red Fort during Tuesday’s tractor rally. He said that the incident was an “insult” to the national flag, ANI reported
“The manner in which violence took place in Delhi yesterday, it cannot be condemned enough,” Javadekar said. “Action should be against all of those who instigated others. India will not tolerate the manner in which the tricolour was insulted at the Red Fort.”
Javadekar, however, did not mention any specific law or decorum, under which the national flag might have been insulted. Significantly, the Indian flag atop the Red Fort, was not taken down by protestors, as was claimed by some reports.
The information and broadcasting minister also accused the Congress of fueling violence in Tuesday’s rally. “Congress constantly tried to instigate farmers’ agitation,” Javadekar said, in what was the Centre’s…
