Congress MP L Hanumanthaiah said the BJP has “rejected” the Karnataka tableau because the Centre believes in ‘single government and single tableau’.
Bengaluru: Eyeing a comeback in the 2023 state elections, the opposition party in Karnataka, Congress, has again launched an aggressive attack against the BS Bommai-led BJP government — this time for the rejection of the state’s tableau by the center for the Republic Day parade.
After 13 consecutive years of displaying the state’s culture on the Kartvya Path in the national capital, Karnataka has lost its chance to participate in the Republic Day parade.
While the Centre said there was no political or bureaucratic interference, the Leader of the opposition Siddaramaiah slammed Chief Minister Bommai and the BJP government, alleging that “it is busy in the 40% corruption scandal”.
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Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said there’s a selection process, and all states can’t be selected every year. He said it’s “not right” to create controversy about it as the process is handled by experts, without any political interference.
“Out of all the states and union territories that want to participate, about 12 get selected. For 13 years, Karnataka has got it. If all states get it every year, we will have to have 36 tableaux. The parade will go on for 4-5 hours then. This selection process has no political or bureaucratic interference and is done by experts, therefore it’s not right to create controversy over this,” the BJP MP said.
Congress MP L Hanumanthaiah said the BJP has “rejected” the Karnataka tableau because the Centre believes in ‘single government and single tableau’.
“It doesn’t believe in power-sharing between different governments. This is really condemnable. Every BJP and the non-BJP state has the right to represent their tableau in the Republic Day parade,” the Congress leader said.
Mr. Siddaramaiah, in a series of tweets on the issue, said the ‘rejection’ of Karnataka’s tableaux “reflects how serious BJP is about upholding the pride of our state”.
“Incapable & weak @BSBommai and his cabinet ministers are worried about looting government resources through 40% commission, he added.
Had they put in a little more thought in designing the theme, Karnataka could have presented its tableaux on the Republic Day,” the tweet read.
It is unfortunate to know that Karnataka will not be participating in the #RepublicDay parade this year.
Rejection of Karnataka's tableaux reflects how serious @BJP4Karnataka is about upholding the pride of our state.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) January 7, 2023
The veteran Congress leader also questioned whether any BJP MPs raised objection to the exclusion of Karnataka’s tableaux.
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