National flag was not desecrated on Independence Day: West Bengal government to Calcutta High Court

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari had alleged that anti-national persons had pelted stones and then desecrated the national flag after it was hoisted in a school in Hooghly district.

National Flag and Calcutta High Court

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05 Sep 2023, 8:15 am

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The West Bengal government on Tuesday told the Calcutta High Court that rumour-mongering led to violence on Independence Day this year at a school in Hooghly, and not the desecration of the national flag as claimed by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari. [Suvendu Adhikari vs. State of West Bengal]

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Calcutta High Court

Indian National Flag

west bengal government

Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya

Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam

Independence Day Violence

Desecration of flag