NEW DELHI: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju has given a strong warning to protesters and Khalistani supporters who put their feet on the Indian national flag and tore it outside New York’s Madison Square Garden on Saturday, when people had gathered there to hear RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s address.
The Union minister in a post on X said that political disagreement is fine but insulting the nation is unacceptable.
“We always said you have the freedom to criticise the RSS, BJP or government, but don’t abuse our nation. Listen carefully, don’t insult our flag and my country. It will cost you very dearly,” Rijiju said in the post.
He shared the message along with a video showing a man waving his foot, the national flag tied around it. Other protesters shouted slogans commonly used by Khalistani supporters. In front of dozens of cameras, they also tore the national flag and laughed, while the local police looked on.
Many on social media appealed to the authorities in the US to identify the protesters and check their antecedents. They also asked the Centre to see whether any of the protesters were Indian citizens who could be made to face the law back home.
The ruckus happened while the BJP’s ideological mentor RSS, as part of its centenary year, was celebrating the milestone with its supporters. Bhagwat addressed the gathering as part of a global tour that included the US, Canada and the UK.
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