Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for all citizens to showcase the Indian flag on their social media display pictures, Opposition parties and leaders on Wednesday responded with their own twist. While the Congress changed its display picture to one of Jawaharlal Nehru with the Tricolour, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti changed hers to a photo with both the Tricolour and the flag of the erstwhile state of J&K.
Congress spokespersons also took potshots at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat for not heeding the PM’s call yet.
Mr. Modi had made the appeal during his Mann Ki Baat radio address on Sunday to change social media DPs to the Tricolour from August 2 to August 15, to mark 75 years of Independence. Mr. Modi himself, and members of his Cabinet, did the same on Tuesday.
