The story so far: The latest tussle between the Central government and non-BJP ruled States over the rejection of tableaux proposals for this year’s Republic Day parade has taken a political tone, with the Opposition accusing the Narendra Modi-led government of bias. While the Centre is yet to release the final list of tableaux for the parade, it has rejected the criticism as “baseless” and claimed that the rejected proposals didn’t align with this year’s broader theme.
This is not the first time that such allegations have surfaced in the run-up to the annual parade. “Tableau politics” have made headlines in the past during both National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) regimes, with allegations of partisan conduct.
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