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Tableaux rejections based on due process, say Central government sources

The Cultural Ministry Tableaux rolls down during the full dress rehearsal of the Republic Day Parade at Rajpath in New Delhi last year. File (Source: The Hindu)

After three States kicked up a political storm over the rejection of their proposed tableaux for this year’s Republic Day parade, government sources on Monday said they were rejected by the Subject Expert Committee after “due process and due deliberations”.

Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Kerala have said their tableaux have been rejected by the government. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is yet to release the list of tableaux selected for the parade. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi dated January 16, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote that people of Bengal were “deeply pained” by the government’s decision.

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