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New Delhi: Delhi Art, Culture and Languages Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said on Friday that the central government has rejected the proposal for the tableau of Delhi and Punjab for the Republic Day parade to “exact revenge on the AAP”, which governs the national capital as well as the border state.
He added that the Centre has turned down Delhi’s tableaux for three consecutive years.
While addressing a press conference, Bharadwaj said that Delhi’s tableau this year would have shown schools in the city and the Mohalla clinic model. The last time Delhi’s tableau was featured in the Republic Day parade was in the year 2021 when it showed the Shahjahanabad redevelopment project, according to officials.
“The tableau of Delhi, which is the capital of the country, was rejected by the Centre. Its tableau was rejected for the 2022 parade and then for the 2023 parade and now it has been rejected again for the 2024 parade,” the minister said. He added that the theme of the Republic Day parade was “Nari Shakti” in 2023 and “Viksit Bharat” in 2024.
Bharadwaj said, “No one can say it’s a design competition. The Centre had given us some suggestions and we incorporated those (into the tableau proposal). If it would have given us more suggestions, we would have included those too.” He stated that the rejection of Punjab’s tableau proposal was not a coincidence. “The Centre is doing this to exact revenge on the AAP,” he charged.
He claimed that it can be understood from the Centre’s actions that the rejection of Delhi and Punjab’s tableaux proposals was not a result of any deficiency or fault but rather due to animosity toward the AAP
