Last Updated on January 17, 2022 8: 45am

Assam is likely to deprive of showcasing the rich heritage of the state at the Republic Day parade in New Delhi this year as the Centre has not yet confirmed the state’s tableau.

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Assam government this year selected the tableau with the scene where young freedom fighter Kanaklata Barua was hoisting the Tricolor and sent the proposal to the Centre.

However, even after chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s letter to the defence minister, to help the teenage martyr’s bravery shine in the national capital, the state government is finding it difficult to get an apt answer from the Centre.

Assam cultural affairs minister Bimal Bora on Sunday said the defence ministry takes the initiative to showcase glimpses of different states in the Republic Day event and it also appealed to us to select a tableau with the theme Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.

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“Our state-level committee selected the scene where Kanaklata Barua was hoisting the Tricolor, as the tableau. The selection committee concerned told us to make certain corrections in the model we presented initially and we assured them that we would do that. However, there is no certainty yet whether it has been selected,” Bora said.

Despite carrying out the corrections, as desired by the concerned committee in New Delhi, Bora said it is not mandatory that Assam will get a chance to present the tableau in the main event in New Delhi.

“Every state of India does not get the opportunity to showcase its proposed tableau each year. It’s not mandatory that every state must be present there,” he clarified.

Sources in the state government, however, said if the Assam tableau fails to make the cut for the event, the committee concerned may not even inform the state government.

Taking a dig at the State government, Assam PCC president Bhupen Kumar Borah said that it is a big insult to Assam and Northeast.

“Kanaklata Barua was a great freedom fighter and valiant leader at such a tender age. Perhaps, her case was not approved by the RSS and thus, we are most likely to miss her in the national capital,” he said