Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day outfit, significantly his tricolour pocket sq., got here below sharp criticism from the Congress on Saturday. A number of Congress leaders mocked the Prime Minister over the colour sequence of his pocket sq., claiming it resembled the flag of Eire. Nonetheless, a number of social media customers identified that the intention was clearly to show the colors of the tricolour and argued that the problem shouldn’t be politicised.
Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera was the primary to rake up the problem. “Lagta hai sahib ne Urdu mein Tiranga pehna hai. Ya phir Bharat ki jagah Eire ka Independence Day mana rahay hain (Appears like PM Modi has worn the tricolour in Urdu. Or maybe he’s celebrating Eire’s Independence Day),” Khera tweeted.
Since Urdu is written from proper to left, in reverse, Khera took the swipe at PM Modi.
Echoing Khera, Congress’s Supriya Shrinate underlined that the order of PM Modi’s pocket squares didn’t match the tricolour’s saffron-white-green sequence.
“What sort of type of the Tricolour is that this? It is the wrong way up. It seems to be extra like Eire’s flag than India’s,” Shrinate posted.
SPARKS SOCIAL MEDIA DEBATE
The statement by the Congress rapidly drew consideration on social media and sparked a large debate. A number of castigated the Congress, stating that PM Modi was not carrying the flag, because the Ashoka Chakra was not there, however a three-fold pocket sq..
“It isn’t a flag; it is a three-fold pocket sq. organized sequentially – on the entrance saffron, then white and ultimately inexperienced,” a consumer, Santosh Parmar, who known as himself a BJP karyakarta, stated.
One other consumer pointed to India’s Flag Code and the principles to be adopted when it’s displayed vertically.
Below the Flag Code, when the nationwide flag is displayed vertically, the saffron band should be on the flag’s proper. Which means it seems on the left from the viewer’s perspective.
Over time, PM Modi’s Independence Day apparel has drawn shut consideration, along with his turbans specifically.
WHAT PM MODI SAID ON INDEPENDENCE DAY?
For his 13th consecutive Independence Day speech, which lasted round 75 minutes, PM Modi sported a conventional purple tie-and-dye turban. The tie-dye artwork type, known as bandhej, is standard in Rajasthan and Gujarat. The Prime Minister paired it with a traditional white kurta-pyjama and a brown jacket.
In his speech, the Prime Minister laid out an expansive seven-point reform roadmap, which he known as ‘Saptdhara’, for reaching the Viksit Bharat ambition by 2047. He additionally reached out to the nation’s Gen Z, asserting free on-line teaching for aggressive exams and coaching of 1 crore youth in AI expertise.
Nonetheless, PM Modi’s warning on ‘dimaagi Naxals (ideological Naxals)’ got here below hearth from the opposition, with the Congress calling it a “sire signal of desperation”.
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