Vadodara BJP worker and reel star posts video with inverted Indian flag, later apologises

Amid the 78th Independence Day celebrations, Vadodara taluka panchayat BJP president and an alleged social media ‘influencer’ has sparked controversy with an ‘inverted’ national flag in one of her reels.

Ankita Parmar, a young BJP worker, resident of Por, was selected as the president of the Vadodara taluka panchayat. Parmar is active on social media, and her reels are popular among the public with thousands of likes and shares.

However, on August 15, a reel of Parmar was shared with an inverted Indian national flag that went viral, leading to a controversy. The reel was quickly removed from social media.

The female president stated, “I accept my mistake. It was a technical error. The photo shoot was done from the backside, which caused this error. The reel was not posted, but some photos were uploaded, which were immediately deleted.”

According to Section 2 of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, “Whoever in any public place or any other place within public view burns, mutilates, defaces, defiles, disfigures, destroys, tramples upon or otherwise brings into contempt (whether by words, either spoken or written, or by acts) the Indian National Flag or any part thereof, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.”

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