Archive · 15 Aug 2026
Congress says PM Modi's pocket squares celebrate Ireland's Independence Day
India celebrates its Independence Day on August 15.
For the celebration, the Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, wore special clothes.
He wore a white kurta, a chocolate brown vest, and a traditional turban.
That kind of turban is common in the regions of Rajasthan and Gujarat.
On his chest, he had three small pocket squares.
They were colored saffron, green, and white.
A political group called the Congress did not like the order of those colors.
They joked that it seemed he was celebrating Ireland's Independence Day instead of India's.
The Congress took a playful swipe at the Prime Minister over the pocket squares.
Congress mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the sequencing of his tri-coloured pocket squares at the Independence Day event.
Congress said it seems Modi is celebrating Ireland's Independence Day instead of India's.
Modi paired his white kurta and chocolate brown vest with a traditional turban common in Rajasthani and Gujarati culture.
He wore three pocket squares in saffron, green and white colours.
The swipe came on Saturday, August 15, according to a PTI dispatch from New Delhi.
- Who
- The Congress party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- What
- Congress mockingly suggested PM Modi's pocket square colour order made it seem he was celebrating Ireland's Independence Day instead of India's
- When
- Saturday, August 15 (India's Independence Day)
- Where
- India (article datelined New Delhi)
- Why
- Congress argued the sequencing of the saffron, green and white pocket squares resembled Ireland's flag instead of India's tricolor
- Event
- India's Independence Day
- Date
- Saturday, August 15
- Prime Minister
- Narendra Modi
- Outfit
- White kurta, chocolate brown vest, traditional turban
- Pocket squares
- Three, in saffron, green and white
- Critic
- Congress party
- Criticism
- Colour sequence resembles Ireland's flag, not India's
- News source
- PTI, New Delhi