Amid Row Over Republic Day Tableaux, Rajnath Singh’s Letter To Two States

New Delhi: 

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Tamil Nadu counterpart M K Stalin, asserting that decisions to select tableaux for the Republic Day parade are taken as per detailed guidelines and seeking their participation in the grand event.

The letters come amid a political row over the rejection of tableau proposals from the two states. While the Bengal’s entry showcased the contribution of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army to the Independence movement, the design submitted by Tamil Nadu featured prominent freedom fighters such as V O Chidambaranar.