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Supriya Shrinate faces BJP heat, FIR over old flag videos

Supriya Shrinate faces BJP heat, FIR over old flag videos
Supriya Shrinate faces BJP heat over ‘false’ claims on flag hoisting during Independence Day celebrations · thestatesman.com

India just celebrated its Independence Day, a special day when people honor the national flag.

A leader from the Congress party, named Supriya Shrinate, shared two videos on social media.

She said the videos showed people from the BJP party raising their own party flag instead of India's national flag.

But the BJP said those videos were not from Independence Day at all.

They said one video was from a party event in March, and the other was from an office opening in July.

So the videos were old and should not be shown as if they happened on Independence Day.

The BJP was upset and filed a police complaint, called an FIR, against Shrinate.

Minister Arjun Singh, who appeared in one of the videos, said he would also take legal action.

He said people should check their facts before sharing videos.

This story reminds us that old videos can sometimes be used to tell a story that is not true.

Key facts

Person involved
Supriya Shrinate, Congress social media chairperson and Working Committee member
Claim
BJP members hoisted party flags instead of the National Flag on Independence Day
BJP response
Both videos were old and unrelated to the Independence Day celebrations
Video 1 actual source
March 2026 BJP event at Swami Vivekanand Mangal Bhavan, Kurud, Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh
Video 2 actual source
July 6, 2026 inauguration of Arjun Singh's office in Barrackpore, West Bengal
Legal action
FIR filed against Shrinate; action demanded against Mallikarjun Kharge, Jairam Ramesh, and Pawan Khera
Platform
X (Twitter)
Other legal threat
Minister Arjun Singh said he would take legal action over the propaganda

Quotes

Ajay Chandrakar

Former Chhattisgarh Minister and senior BJP leader

“"The parties and some individuals spreading such fake narrative and propaganda should have verified the facts before circulating it and should have corrected their mistake. It is such disgraceful action, highly condemnable. I am going to take legal action against the parties and persons for deliberately spreading propaganda against me."”
thestatesman.com
“"The Independence Day program is of national importance. It is celebrated in governmental and personal capacities both in the country and abroad. The Congress Party has used the national festival as a medium to defame the BJP."”
thestatesman.com

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