Sushma Swaraj warns Amazon on selling Indian Flag

Amazon might have withdrawn Indian flag-themed doormats that annoyed foreign minister Sushma Swaraj but the online retail giant’s troubles appear far from over.

Amazon’s United States division sells shoes and shoe lace metal hoops bearing a likeness to the Indian Tricolour.

The product described as “Chukka Canvas shoes”, priced at $43.99 (Rs 3,000 approximately), and shoe lace accessories ($4.49 or Rs 300) are available on Amazon from a Los Angeles-based company N.Y.L.A. The products were available on the website at the time of writing this article.

Sushmaj had warned Amazon that India would stop issuing visas to the firm’s employees .The Minister also said to rescind those already granted if the e-commerce firm didn’t withdraw all products insulting the national flag immediately.