NEW DELHI: Varun Gandhi and Shashi Tharoor jousted again on Twitter after the identification of the man who carried the Indian flag during the Capitol Hill siege.
The man who goes by the name, Vincent Xavier, on Twitter tagged both politicians in a post on Friday. “@ShashiTharoor, @varungandhi80. American patriots Vietnamese, Indian, Korean & Iranian origins, & from so many other nations & races, who believe massive voter fraud has happened, joined rally yesterday in solidarity with Trump. Peaceful protestors who were exercising our rights!” wrote Xavier from his unverified handle. His Facebook profile describes him as Vincent Xavier (Vinson Palathingal), the executive director of Indo-American Center and executive VP of Amaram Technology Corporation.
Delhi Police file case against man who waved Tricolour during protests at US Capitol
A complaint has been filed at Delhi s Kalkaji Police Station against Vincent Xavier, an Indian-origin resident of Virginia who waved the tricolour. American patriots - Vietnamese, Indian, Korean & Iranian origins, & from so many other nations & races, who believe massive voter fraud has happened joined rally yesterday in solidarity with Trump. Peaceful protestors who were exercising our rights! (Image Source: Twitter/@VincentPXavier)
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Updated: Jan 9, 2021, 07:22 PM IST
Days after social media outpour on Indian tricolour seen amongst the sea of American flags during the protests outside US Capitol in Washington DC, a man has been booked for the same. A complaint has been filed at Delhi s Kalkaji Police Station against Vincent Xavier, an Indian-origin resident of Virginia who stood out amidst the pro-Donald Trump mob outside US Capitol carrying an Indian flag.
Vincent Xavier, Kochi man who carried Tricolour to US Capitol protest
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Updated: Saturday, January 9, 2021, 11:34 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 09: When the world was watching the clash on Wednesday between a mob of US President Donald Trump s supporters and law-enforcement authorities at the Capitol building, a lone Indian flag has been seen sticking out in a sea of pro-Trump banners in the rally.
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The image of the tricolour at Capitol Hill seeded sparring between Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and BJP parliamentarian Varun Gandhi on Twitter, with numbers of users sharing and reacting to the exchange.
The flag-bearer was 54-year-old Virginia-based entrepreneur Vincent Xavier Palanthigal, who moved to the US from Kochi in Kerala in 1992 and is a member of the Virginia Republican Party s State Central Committee.
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A complaint of sedition has been filed in Delhi against Indian national Vincent Xavier who purportedly waved tricolour at the pro-Trump rally on January 7 at the US Capitol in Washington DC, which later turned violent taking lives of at least 5 persons.
In his complaint lodged with Kalkaji Police Station in Delhi, advocate Deepak Kumar Singh sought action for sedition and degrading the honour of India in a foreign nation.
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The complainant said that Xavier s appeared on social media along with other individuals who at the moment can t be named, with slogans, actions and demeanour prejudicial to sovereignty, unity and integrity of India by using the Indian flag in an entirely inappropriate context at a degrading and demeaning manner and for purposes which are beneath the probity of the relationship between India and a foreign country .