By fachcha.com

Over 16 million residents of Delhi will miss the moment of pride at Rajpath again during the Republic Day Parade as the no tableau of Delhi will appear on 26th January. When the whole India and will celebrate Republic Day and enjoy their moment of pride by watching tableaux of their respective states on their TV screens, Delhites will miss the zeal. The simple reason is for it that the concerned department, Directorate of Information and Publicity (DIP) of Delhi government was simply not interested in it and did not apply for the participation. This is despite the fact that main event of the Republic Day is organized in their own city.
Irony is that it is not the first time that Delhi is missing the zeal. It has been happening for last several years, however reasons may be different for it. According to the senior officials of the DIP the department preferred to stay away from the whole exercise. “We did not give any proposal for the participation of the state in the Republic Day Parade. In such a situation there is no question of Delhi’s tableau in the parade”, a senior official of DIP told fachcha.com.

It is notable that 13 states have got the chance to participate in the parade of tableaux on 26th January. These states include Assam, Rajsthan, Goa, Karnataka, W. Bengal, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Punjab, Chhatisgarh, Jammu & Kashmir and Maharashtra.

States strive hard to get their tableau in the parade every year. Even, many states call for competitive bidding for the purpose so that they could showcase their culture, heritage, progress of their states. But Delhi is probably lacking zeal for the purpose.
However, the city government may stay cool as many other states too are not participating in the event. But children of Delhi will not disappoint the spectators as 350 children Delhi will present their programme on Rajpath on the occasion.

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