Indian flag displayed upside down as Narendra Modi meets Shinzo Abe

Kuala Lumpur - The national flag was in the background of Prime Minister Modi and Abe’s customary handshake at the Summit and was hoisted on a stand next to that of Japan.

 In an embarrassment for India, the tricolour was seen displayed upside down during Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi’s photo-opportunity with Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe before bilateral talks on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit.
The national flag was in the background of Prime Minister Modi and Abe’s customary handshake at the Summit and was hoisted on a stand next to that of Japan.
The flag is seen with the green at the top and the saffron below as the two leaders met for the second bilateral on the sidelines of 13^th ASEAN-India Summit here.
“It was an inadvertent mistake in the rush of things. It was unfortunate,” official sources requesting anonymity told PTI.
Modi arrived in Kuala Lumpur on a three-day visit to Malaysia during which he will attend two high-profile meetings at the ASEAN- India and East Asia Summits besides addressing the Indian diaspora on Sunday.

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