New Delhi: Union Minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for “overwhelming the National Flag” while unfurling the tricolour at Srinagar’s Lal Chowk on the eve of his Bharat Jodo Yatra’s culmination. As per the minister Rahul Gandhi violated the Flag Code for putting out a latter’s cutout behind the National Flag which “overwhelmed the flag”.
“Completely atrocious that the so-called leader of a party will hoist the National Flag but do so in total violation of Flag Code by putting his own cutout that overwhelmed the Flag,” he said.
Chandrashekhar called it a demonstration of the psychology of dynasts.
“In a way, it's a demonstration of the psychology of a dynast, where for him his image and picture and his name on schemes or his father's name on schemes or his grandmother's name on schemes takes precedence over the National Flag and what is right for the country,” he said.
“I'd be very embarrassed if I were to do things like this. But I guess, it's in the DNA of a dynastic party that even when you are hoisting the National Flag, you want to overwhelm that flag and violate the Flag Code by putting your own cutout behind the flag,” he added.
Rahul Gandhi hoisted the tricolour today as well at the Bharat Jodo Yatra campsite in Srinagar.
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Donning a white T-shirt and a sleeveless jacket, the former Congress chief hoisted the flag at the campsite in Panthachowk to the tunes of the national anthem played to mark the culmination of the yatra, amid a fresh snowfall in the city.
In a brief address to the 'Bharat Yatris', Gandhi thanked them for their love, affection and support through the 136-day foot march, which began in Kanyakumari on September 7 last year.
The Gandhi siblings later joined Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and scores of other party leaders at the Pradesh Congress