Its photo, tweeted by the BJP, shows Kalyan Singh's body lying in state, draped by the national flag. But half of it was seen to be covered up by the party flag of the BJP.

PALAKKAD: A day after sparking controversy by suggesting that the saffron flag should replace the tricolour as India’s national flag, BJP leader and former national council member N Sivarajan ...

Accusing the BJP leaders of showing disrespect towards the national flag the Uttarakhand Congress have claimed that the tricolour made of flowers was trampled upon by the BJP leaders at its State ...

By allowing machine-made polyester flags, the BJP government has severed the strong link between khadi and Indian independence, and economic self-sufficiency and political liberation.

But, the BJP hasn’t just politicised but also highjacked it as if Indians didn’t honour the flag before,” Mehbooba, who is also the president of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said.

On the occasion of 74th Republic Day, former state spokesperson of Jharkhand BJP, Amarpreet Singh Kale hoisted flags at dozens of places including Bhalubasa, Janata Club, Singhada Maidan, Burmamines.

BJP leader N Sivarajan's remarks come against the backdrop of a row in Kerala over the use of the image of Bharat Mata astride a lion holding a saffron flag -- an image widely associated with the RSS.