Indian flag seen at pro-Trump rally which some Indian-Americans joined

An Indian flag was seen amid a sea of American and Trump flags in a footage as well as images of the violent protests at the US Capitol that went viral on social mediaAn IndianAmerican Republican political activist Vincent Xavier tweeted on Thursday pictures of the flags India South Korea and Iran at the protestThe Iranian flag was from the preIslamic revolution eraHis tweet said American patriots Vietnamese Indian Korean amp Iranian origins amp from so many other nations amp races who believe massive voter fraud has happened joined rally yesterday in solidarity with Trump Peaceful protestors who were exercising our rightsShashiTharoor varungandhi80 American patriots Vietnamese Indian Korean amp Iranian origins amp from so many other nations amp races who believe massive voter fraud has happened joined rally yesterday in solidarity with Trump Peaceful protestors who were exercising our rights pictwittercomaeTojoVxQhmdash Vincent Xavier VincentPXavier January 8 2021On his Facebook page Xavier posted a video of a person at the protest with an Indian flagMany people who commented on the post criticised him for associating India and Indians with a protest that turned violentOne of the posts said It is your right to protest at Trump Rallies You have no right to carry an Indian flag at Stop the Steal Trump rally which ended in Storming the US CapitolAnother picture from a Twitter user showed six people standing in front of the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI headquarters as if posing for a picture with one of them holding what appeared to be a furled Indian flag on a poleAnother person in the group held a sign that said Indian Voices for Trump and others had an American and a red Trump flag and signs that said Asian Pacific Americans for Trump and Stop the Steal a reference to the Presidents claims about election fraudThe people seemed like they could be of Indian descent and some appeared to be in their 20s or 30sThey could not be identified nor could it be ascertained if they even participated in the protestThere was no indication on the website of Indian Voices for Trump that it backed the protestsThe organisation had campaigned for Trump in the runup to the electionAn Indianorigin journalist who works for a public radio station tweeted about the protest participation Lest you think this was an allwhite mob there are IndianAmerican supporters of the president who took part like my source Hemant a businessman from Iselin New Jersey He sounded ecstatic about todays eventsThe journalist also posted a screenshot of an exchange with the person identified only as Hemant in which he said I am here Thousands and thousands of people are here They stormed the Capitol building I witnessedThe Indian flag first surfaced in a video posted by the Alejandro Alvarez the digital editor of the Washington news radio station WTOP and was only seen among the crowd standing back from the Capitol on the street while much further ahead some people were climbing on the buildings stepsThe person holding the flag could not be seen in the videoAn IndianAmerican Attitudes Survey IAAS poll published in October 2020 showed that 22 per cent of registered voters from the community planned to vote for Trump while 72 per cent were for Democratic Party candidate Joe BidenGoing by the IAAS poll the backing for Trump had increased by 6 per cent compared to his support level shown in the 2016 PostElection National Asian American SurveyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever