Claim: Clip shows how Amit Shah dropped the Indian national flag while hoisting it on Independence Day, 15 August 2025.
Conclusion: The claim is misleading. The video shared is from 2018 (7 years old) which is being labelled as a recent one.
Rating: Misleading — 
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On August 15, 2025, a post on X by verified user @AliizaayKhan claimed that Indian Union Home Minister Amit Shah “dropped the national flag” during Independence Day celebrations. The post included a 14-second video showing Shah pulling a rope to unfurl the Tricolour, appearing to fumble as the flag briefly falls.
View the post below –
Amit Shah dropped the national flag.🚨 Shame shame !!!😂😂#स्वतंत्रता_दिवस #15August#IndependenceDay2025 pic.twitter.com/6vUVPQYuDw
— Alizay Khan (@AliizaayKhan) August 15, 2025
Another user posted the same video on X on 15 August, 2025, gaining around one million views and 9,200 likes. The post made by user ‘amock2029’ carried the caption : Amit Shah dropped the national flag. Pura Aura minus me chala gaya. Shame shame !!!” The post can be viewed here
Amit Shah dropped the national flag.🚨
Pura Aura minus me chala gaya 🤣😭
Shame shame !!!#IndependenceDay #IndependenceDayIndia #IndependenceDay2025 pic.twitter.com/OnzU15xDW7
— Amock. (@amock2029) August 15, 2025
FACT CHECK
DigitEYE India decided to investigate this claim and discovered that it is misleading. The footage is not from 2025 but from August 15, 2018, when Shah, then BJP president, hoisted the flag at the party’s New Delhi headquarters.
We first decided to conduct a keyword search with phrases like “Amit Shah dropping the national flag 2025” and “Amit Shah independence day 2025”. Reports by News on AIR and NDTV showcase how he hoisted the Tricolour at his Delhi residence as part of the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign, a government initiative to promote national pride. View a screenshot taken from the report by News on AIR below –
This news and photo contrasts from the claim which portrays Amit Shah in a different setting. ANI shared images of this event on X, urging citizens to participate, and no credible reports mentioned any mishap. View the tweet here.
Har Ghar Tiranga campaign: Home Minister Amit Shah hoists Indian flag at his residence in New Delhi
Read @ANI Story | https://t.co/UdP3RlMEQC#AmitShah #HarGahrTiranga #Campaign pic.twitter.com/yVpIWYwml0
— ANI Digital (@ani_digital) August 13, 2025
After conducting a reverse image search from various keyframes of the video, we were directed to reports and tweets from 2018. One such tweet was published by the Indian National Congress on August 15, 2018 on X. View the tweet below –
जो देश का झंडा नहीं संभाल सकते, वो देश क्या संभालेंगे?
50 साल से ज्यादा देश के तिरंगे का तिरस्कार करने वालों ने अगर ये नहीं किया होता तो शायद आज तिरंगे का ऐसा अपमान न होता।
दूसरों को देशभक्ति का सर्टिफिकेट देने वालों को राष्ट्रगान का तौर-तरीका तक पता नहीं। pic.twitter.com/FmiEI5B7D7
— Congress (@INCIndia) August 15, 2018
Other news outlets like the NDTV and National Herald reported this incident on 15 August 2018. The report by NDTV also features Arvind Kejriwal’s tweet who took a dig at this incident, stating that the tricolor refused to wave in the hands of Amit Shah. View a screenshot from the article below –
Thus, the claim is misleading, showcasing a decontextualized 2018 video to fabricate a 2025 incident. The flag was not dropped on purpose and the minor error was rectified immediately with no lasting disrespect.
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