AAP, Akali Dal Slam Centre Over No Punjab Tableau At Republic Day Parade
NDTV
Centre is discriminating with Punjab and with AAP governments in Punjab and Delhi, said Punjab's Finance Minister.
Punjab's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and opposition Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday targeted the BJP-led central government for "rejecting" the state's tableau for the Republic Day parade.
Punjab's Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, who is a senior AAP leader, said that Punjab's tableau always finds a place in events like the Republic Day parade, through which the state presents its rich history and culture and the development it has made over the years.
He said, this time Punjab through its tableau, was to present the history related to sacrifices made by Punjabis in the country's freedom struggle.
"But Centre deliberately stopped (the state) from presenting this (at the R-Day parade)," he said when asked about Punjab's tableau not finding a place in the parade this year.
