India, Jan. 8 -- Pradnya Prabhulkar, a candidate of the Revolutionary Workers Party of India from Ward No 140, was served a notice by the Deonar police under Section 168 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), citing a potential law and order concern after a participant in her campaign rally was seen carrying a tote bag bearing the Palestinian flag.

Speaking to HT, Prabhulkar said the notice followed a routine campaign event during which police personnel photographed the rally. She was later summoned to the police station, where senior officers raised objections to what they described as the display of Palestinian flags.

"The senior PI alleged that Palestinian flags were carried during the rally and warned that an FIR would be...