On the foundation day of Odia daily ‘Prajatantra’ at the Indoor Stadium in Cuttack on August 8, the National Flag was disrespected in the very presence of Union Home Minister, Union Education Minister, Odisha Chief Minister and senior functionaries of BJP and BJD, alleged the Congress here on Thursday.
Congress leader Panchanan Kanungo said while Prime Minister Modi wants that the Tricolour is hoisted in every household, the flag was used to carry food packets in the stadium and the flags were found lying on the ground. Pictures of all this flooded the media. But neither the Central Government nor the State Government uttered a single word about this.
The Congress demands the State Government to take stringent action against those who disrespected the flag by arresting them and sensing them to jail, he demanded.