Amid criticism, RSS changes its Facebook, Twitter DPs to tricolour

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

Nagpur, Aug 13:
Amid
criticism
for
not
displaying
the
tricolour
on
its
social
media
accounts
to
mark
75
years
of
Independence,
the
Rashtriya
Swayamsevak
Sangh
(RSS)
on
Friday
uploaded
an
image
of
the
national
flag
as
the
DP’ or
display
picture
of
its
Twitter
and
Facebook
accounts.

The
Sangh
on
August
3
had
countered
the
criticism
for
not
displaying
the
tricolour
on
its
social
media
accounts,
saying
that
it
had
from
the
very
start
supported
the
Har
Ghar
Tiranga’ initiative
and
the
Azadi
ka
Amrit
Mahotsav’
celebration.

RSS
spokesperson
Sunil
Ambekar
had
also
said
that
such
things
should
not
be
politicized.

Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
had
appealed
to
the
people
to
change
the
DPs
of
their
social
media
accounts
to
the
Tiranga.

‘Har
Ghar
Tiranga’
campaign:
BJP
leaders
change
display
picture
of
social
media
accounts
to
‘Tricolour’

Questions
were
asked
on
social
media
as
to
why
the
Sangh,
the
ideological
parent
of
the
ruling
Bharatiya
Janata
Party
(BJP),
had
not
changed
the
DP
of
RSS.org
and
its
social
media
handles
yet.