Fact Check: Amit Shah drops national flag while hoisting during I-Day 2025? No, find the facts here
A video has been circulating online, claiming that Amit Shah dropped the national flag while hoisting it on Independence Day 2025.
By Md Mahfooz Alam
Claim:Union Minister Amit Shah drops the national flag while unfurling it during Independence Day in 2025.
Fact:The claim is misleading. The video showing Amit Shah allegedly fumbling the unfurling of the Tricolour happened in 2018.
Hyderabad: India on Friday celebrated its 79th Independence Day with patriotic fervour, marking 78 years since gaining freedom from British rule in 1947. Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoisted the national flag at the Red Fort and addressed the nation under the theme āNaya Bharat,ā highlighting the vision of a self-reliant and prosperous India.
Meanwhile, a video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah allegedly dropping the national flag while hoisting it has been circulating on social media, with the claim suggesting that the video was filmed on Independence Day 2025.
An X user shared the video with the caption, āAmit Shah dropped the national flag. Pura Aura minus me chala gaya. Shame shame!!! #IndependenceDay #IndependenceDayIndia #IndependenceDay2025.ā (Archive)
A similar claim can be found here.
Fact Check
NewsMeter found that the claim is misleading, as the video is from 2018.
A reverse image search of the videoās keyframes led us to the same clip posted by the official X handle of the Congress party on August 15, 2018. The post took a jibe at Shah, stating that those who cannot properly unfurl the national flag, how can they take care of the country?
We also found the flag-hoisting programme live-streamed on the BJPās official X handle on August 15, 2018, with the caption: āAmit Shah unfurls the National Flag at BJP Head Office, New Delhi.ā
The viral clip appears at the 0:40-minute mark, where Shah can be seen stumbling while unfurling the flag. However, he immediately corrects it, and the flag goes up as planned and unfurls properly.
The Hindu and NDTV also reported on August 15, 2018, that during a flag-hoisting ceremony at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi, Amit Shah stumbled while unfurling the Tricolour, causing it to briefly slide down before he quickly corrected it and completed the ceremony.
Therefore, we conclude that the video showing Amit Shah fumbling the national flag while unfurling it is from 2018. The claim is misleading.
