Narendra Modi urged his people to fly the national flag but strict rules govern its disposal and offenders can go to jail
The issue now is how to dispose of them. Indians may be surprised to find that it is not as easy as they might think.
“When the flag is damaged or soiled, it shall not be cast aside or disrespectfully disposed of. It shall be destroyed, as a whole, in private,” says the National Flag Code 2022, a legally binding set of conventions relating to the flag. The code stipulates only two ways of disposing of used flags: burying or burning.
If it is to be burned, the chosen place has to be clean and tidy. It is not permitted to hold the flag, light a match and set fire to one end of it. First it must be folded and once the fire is lit, it has to be placed carefully in the centre of the flames. Consigning it to the flames without first folding it is an offence.Taxi driver Kailash Kishore has been driving around in Bhimtal in north India with a small flag on the roof of his car since Monday.
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