 Nevertheless, this flag remains, to this day, the official flag of the Mysore royal family, and is used during the private and, sometimes, in public, celebrations of the Dasara festival, including the Special Assembly ("khas durbar") during the carnival.While the bi-coloured Kannada flag remained the state's de facto flag, the legal complications were quite complex.The bi-coloured flag is the official flag of a state political party called "Kannada Paksha".