India cracks down on e-commerce patforms for selling Pakistani flags and related merchandises
The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) issued formal notices to prominent e-commerce platforms, like Amazon India, Flipkart, Ubuy India, Etsy, The Flag Company, and The Flag Corporation on 14th May, regarding the listing and sale of Pakistani national flags and related merchandise on their platforms.
Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Pralhad Joshi, emphasised in a post on the platform X that such insensitivity will not be tolerated and directed these platforms to immediately remove all such content and adhere to national laws.
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Earlier on 13th May, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) had written to the Union Commerce Minister, Piyush Goyal, over the sale of Pakistani flags and merchandise on e-commerce platforms.
In a letter addressed to Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Consumer Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, CAIT highlighted that items such as Pakistani flags, logo-bearing mugs, and T-shirts are being sold online.
They urged the government to impose an immediate ban on the sale of such items, especially in light of the ongoing Operation Sindoor and heightened tensions between India and Pakistan.
These developments come in the wake of the India-Pakistan conflict, which escalated following Operation Sindoor. Both India and Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire, but diplomatic manoeuvring remains evident. There is a rapidly developing sense of nationalism among Indians with calls for boycotting tourism to Turkey, Azerbaijan and China, and now a ban on the sale of Pakistani flags and related merchandise.
