Is Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy led YSR Congress party cadre disrespecting and insulting Indian national flag? latest much-viralled picture says YES.
A picture that has gone viral on social media shows a man erasing Indian national flag with the paint of YSR Congress Party’s flag colour on a wall of Village Panhayat bulding.
The incident allegedly took place in Tamedavalli village, Amaravaram Mandal of Ananthapur district.
Bharatiya Janata Party Andhra Pradesh State President Kanna Lakshmi Narayana also posted a few more pictures on his Twitter page.
రంగులేసుకోవడానికి,ఆర్భాటం చేయడానికి తప్ప రాష్ట్రాన్ని రూలింగ్ చేయడానికి పనికిరాని పార్టీ వైసీపీ.
150 సీట్లు ఇచ్చినందుకు రిటర్న్ గిఫ్ట్ గా ఇసుక కృతిమకొరత సృష్టించి రూ.150 కూలీ కూడా రాని పరిస్థితికి భవననిర్మాణ కార్మికులను తీసుకువచ్చిన ఇంత అసమర్ధ ప్రభుత్వాన్ని నేను ఇంతవరకూ చూడలేదు. pic.twitter.com/kBej9Ge3E7
— Kanna Lakshmi Narayana (@klnbjp) October 28, 2019
Lanka Dinakar, BJP leader from AP said, the AP government has been painting the government offices including Panchayath offices, school buildings, and other Government buildings with the YSR Congress Party flag colour across the state, from the last 5 months by using public money.
What does “The Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971” say?
The Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 prohibits the desecration of or insult to the country’s national symbols, including the National Flag.
Whoever in any public place or in any other place within public view shows disrespect to (whether by words, either spoken or written, or by acts) the Indian National Flag shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.