Apologise Or No Indian Visas: Sushma Swaraj Warns Amazon After Tricolour Doormats

Withdraw doormats depicting Indian flag listed on Amazon Canada, Swaraj says.

PTI @PTI_News

11 Jan 2017, 09:20 PM IST

File photo of Sushma Swaraj, External Affairs Minister of India (Source: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/foreignoffice/14937796423">Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London/ Flickr</a>)

File photo of Sushma Swaraj, External Affairs Minister of India (Source: Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London/ Flickr)

Taking strong exception to Amazon Canada selling doormats depicting Indian flag, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday asked the e-retailer to withdraw the products and tender an unconditional apology, failing which no official of Amazon will be granted Indian visa and the ones issued earlier will also be rescinded.

Amazon must tender unconditional apology. They must withdraw all products insulting our national flag immediately. /1
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) January 11, 2017

If this is not done forthwith, we will not grant Indian Visa to any Amazon official. We will also rescind the Visas issued earlier.
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) January 11, 2017

The minister also asked the Indian Embassy to take up the matter with Amazon Canada.

Indian High Commission in Canada : This is unacceptable. Please take this up with Amazon at the highest level. https://t.co/L4yI3gLk3h
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) January 11, 2017

The original tweet which prompted Swaraj’s reaction was posted by a user with the twitter handle @AtulBhobe, who also posted a screenshot of the products.