Republic Day: Centre vs CMs spar over tableaux

Speaking about the controversy over the state tableaux for Republic Day parade, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said there should be a stop in seeing "bad politics in a display that celebrates India".

Following criticism by some opposition-ruled states over the removal of their proposed tableaux from the Republic Day parade, the Centre on Tuesday said that there should be a stop in seeing "bad politics in a display that celebrates India". Incidentally, this year the tableau of @CPWDGOV includes Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.Stop seeing bad politics in a display that celebrates India.(3/3)

The tableaux proposals of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal were rejected by the subject expert committee for this year's Republic Day parade.