New Delhi: The government on Monday rubbished the allegation that tableaux of some states have been kept out of this year’s tableau. republic day parade It had to do with ‘political bias’ and condemned attempts by some chief ministers to link the decision taken by a committee of ‘apolitical experts’ to regional pride.
This statement of the government came immediately after the CM of Tamil Nadu MK Stalin joined the West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee In seeking PM Modi’s intervention on the rejection of tableaux of their states. Senior government sources emphasized that the Center had no role in the call taken by experts.
A source said, “We have recently written letters about the Chief Ministers of the states throwing out the tableaux of their states. This has been projected by the central government as an insult to the people of the state. This script is also almost every year.” said.
Left parties also blame exclusion in their response Tableau of West Bengal and Kerala Apart from Tamil Nadu, sources called the “wrong precedent” set by chief ministers to frame an apolitical exercise as a flashpoint between the Center and the states. it is not Modi government The proposals received from various states and ministries are evaluated in a series of expert committee meetings consisting of eminent people from art, culture, sculpture, music, architecture, choreography and other related fields, the sources said.
“The expert committee scrutinizes the proposals on the basis of theme, concept, design and visual impact before making their recommendations,” said a source. CPI leader D Raja alleged that the Kerala government’s theme was rejected as it had an idol of Sree Narayana Guru and the selection panel wanted it to be replaced with Adi Shankaracharya. “The jury is appointed by the Ministry of Defence. Isn’t this an attack on federalism as well as India’s diverse culture and history?” He asked.
he said that tableau of bengal Feather Subhash Chandra Bose And Tamil Nadu’s tableau on Bharathiyar (Subramaniam Bharathi), VO Chidambaranar Pillai and Rani Velu Nachchiyar were also rejected.
Official sources claimed that given the constraint that the parade had to be finished within the time-limit, proposals from all states could not be accommodated. This year, 21 out of 56 proposals were accepted due to paucity of time. “Given the paucity of time, it is natural to reject more offers than accepted,” the source said. “Perhaps, some chief ministers and political parties do not have a positive agenda of their own and resort to the same trick over and over again,” said a source.
“It is to be noted that Kerala’s tableau proposals were accepted through the same process in 2018 and 2021. It should also be noted that West Bengal’s proposals were accepted by the same Modi government in 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2021. Also, since Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is included in the tableau of CPWD this year, the question of his insult does not arise.
With inputs from Swati Mathur
This statement of the government came immediately after the CM of Tamil Nadu MK Stalin joined the West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee In seeking PM Modi’s intervention on the rejection of tableaux of their states. Senior government sources emphasized that the Center had no role in the call taken by experts.
A source said, “We have recently written letters about the Chief Ministers of the states throwing out the tableaux of their states. This has been projected by the central government as an insult to the people of the state. This script is also almost every year.” said.
Left parties also blame exclusion in their response Tableau of West Bengal and Kerala Apart from Tamil Nadu, sources called the “wrong precedent” set by chief ministers to frame an apolitical exercise as a flashpoint between the Center and the states. it is not Modi government The proposals received from various states and ministries are evaluated in a series of expert committee meetings consisting of eminent people from art, culture, sculpture, music, architecture, choreography and other related fields, the sources said.
“The expert committee scrutinizes the proposals on the basis of theme, concept, design and visual impact before making their recommendations,” said a source. CPI leader D Raja alleged that the Kerala government’s theme was rejected as it had an idol of Sree Narayana Guru and the selection panel wanted it to be replaced with Adi Shankaracharya. “The jury is appointed by the Ministry of Defence. Isn’t this an attack on federalism as well as India’s diverse culture and history?” He asked.
he said that tableau of bengal Feather Subhash Chandra Bose And Tamil Nadu’s tableau on Bharathiyar (Subramaniam Bharathi), VO Chidambaranar Pillai and Rani Velu Nachchiyar were also rejected.
Official sources claimed that given the constraint that the parade had to be finished within the time-limit, proposals from all states could not be accommodated. This year, 21 out of 56 proposals were accepted due to paucity of time. “Given the paucity of time, it is natural to reject more offers than accepted,” the source said. “Perhaps, some chief ministers and political parties do not have a positive agenda of their own and resort to the same trick over and over again,” said a source.
“It is to be noted that Kerala’s tableau proposals were accepted through the same process in 2018 and 2021. It should also be noted that West Bengal’s proposals were accepted by the same Modi government in 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2021. Also, since Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is included in the tableau of CPWD this year, the question of his insult does not arise.
With inputs from Swati Mathur
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