Amid an argument over the state being denied a chance to showcase its tableau in the course of the Republic Day parade this 12 months, the Karnataka authorities, on Thursday, mentioned the tableau proposal of the state was shortlisted for participation.
“I’m directed to tell you that the tableau proposal of the State Authorities of Karnataka has been shortlisted by the Authorities for participation within the Republic Day Parade, 2023,” a notification, by the ministry of defence, dated January 12, learn.
On Thursday, folks near developments mentioned Karnataka shall be presenting a tableau-themed ‘Naari Shakti’. The state’s tableau, ‘the cradle of conventional handicrafts’, was adjudged second greatest final 12 months.
BJP spokesperson S Prakash welcomed the choice.
“The defence ministry has shortlisted. There’s a committee which has determined this. We don’t know the rationale behind this,” Prakash mentioned.
In the meantime, Karnataka Congress spokesperson M Lakshman slammed the BJP, saying the Bommai-led authorities is doing this with the upcoming meeting elections in mid.
“They’re doing this solely due to elections. In any other case, they’d not have cared in any respect. They should have felt that this might have a bigger affect on the upcoming elections and assumed that this might be meals for the opposition to speak about in election rallies. This should have been an eye-opener for them to instantly reconsidered their choice,” Lakshman mentioned.
“However that is unlucky for the folks of Karnataka that for every thing we have now to thrash them. They don’t seem to be doing something on their very own,” the Congress spokesperson mentioned.
The letter from the ministry of defence relating to the tableau additionally mentions that the identify of the state should be written in Hindi on the entrance, English on the again and in regional languages on both facet.
“That is an try by the central authorities to impose Hindi on everybody within the nation. Although, the southern a part of India has been opposing this since 1956, making Hindi obligatory in any stroll of life. The central authorities should have given this route to all of the states in a uniform manner. This exhibits the double requirements of the BJP Union authorities,” Lakshman mentioned.
“Notably Amit Shah is excited by making Hindi the one language within the nation as a result of he is aware of solely Hindi and doesn’t communicate another language. That is one other hidden agenda of the BJP,” Lakshman added.
Reacting to this, BJP spokesperson S Prakash mentioned, “Congressmen are shameless. Earlier than 2014 once they have been in energy, the identical observe was noticed. It’s a nationwide programme which is seen internationally and the nation. All people has to grasp whose tableau it’s. This is the reason Hindi is included. What’s flawed on this? Why ought to they make an argument out of this?”
Final week, after the Karnataka tableau was excluded from the Republic Day parade in New Delhi. The Opposition, Congress, slammed the Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP authorities within the state. Karnataka’s tableau was excluded from the Republic Day parade after having showcased the state’s tradition for 13 consecutive years.
Chief of Opposition within the Legislative Meeting and former chief minister Siddaramaiah focused the BJP authorities by questioning its seriousness in upholding the state’s satisfaction.
In a sequence of tweets, the Congress chief alleged that the “Incapable and weak Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and his cupboard ministers are fearful about looting authorities assets via 40% fee. Had they put in a bit of extra thought in designing the theme, Karnataka might have introduced its tableaux on the Republic Day.”
The Karnataka authorities on Sunday issued a clarification over its exclusion.
The state authorities mentioned the state’s tableau won’t be showcased because the Union authorities has set clear pointers it might present a chance to these states which have taken half only a few instances within the final eight years.
“Relating to the participation of States’ tableau in Republic Day parade this 12 months, Authorities of India has issued pointers, offering a chance to the States that didn’t participate/took half least variety of instances over the past eight years. Therefore, the State of Karnataka has not bought the possibility to participate within the Republic Day parade,” C R Naveen, nodal officer for Republic Day tableau, mentioned in an announcement.
“Furthermore, if the lists of states that took half the earlier 12 months and the States chosen this 12 months are in contrast, it’s evident that each one the three prize-winning states in 2022 weren’t chosen this 12 months. Additionally, besides for 3 States, the remainder of the states that took half final 12 months usually are not chosen,” he mentioned.