Kolkata: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday wrote to PM Modi, urged him to reconsider the central decision to exclude the West Bengal Tablo from the Republican Day Parade in New Delhi in the 75th year of independence, saying the move was not only “surprised and injured” He but also “hurt” people in Bengal, and show that the negligence of “underestimating” and “damaging” some freedom fighters from the country.
The proposed Bengal Tablo is in the 285th anniversary of 125 Subhas Subhas Subhas Subhas, celebrating the National Army of India, and has a portrait of “some of the most famous sons and daughters in this country”, including Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar, Rabindranath Tagore, Swami Vivekananda, Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das, Sri Aurobindo, Mature Hazra, Nazrul Islam and Birsa Munda.
“I was very surprised and injured by the decision of the Government of India to suddenly exclude tables proposed by the West Bengal government from the next Republican Day Parade,” CM wrote to PM, added, “It was even more baffling for us that tables were rejected without setting reasons or justifications …
I might want to tell you that all West Bengal people are very sad to the attitude of this central government.
Bengal is at the front line of Indian freedom of the struggle and has paid the toughest price for the country’s independence through partitions and revoking millions of people.
It is surprising to find that The contribution of dashing freedom fighters did not find a place in the nation’s ceremony to celebrate the opportunity of the Republican Day in the 75th year of our independence.
“Meanwhile, MP Trinamool Sukhendu Sekhar Roy tweeted that the state government was thinking of carrying tables in Bose Subhas and Ina to Kolkata if it is not exhibited in New Delhi S Netaji is the main theme during the Red Road.
Republican day parade.