The ministry of defense has declared the list of the states/UTs/ministries/departments whose tableau are going to participate in the grand republic day parade of 2020. A total of 22 proposals are accepted out of 56. Kerala, Maharashtra and West Bengal didn’t find a space in the list. This has sparked a political controversy. The opposition has started charging the union government of playing vendetta politics in selecting republic day tableaux. Centre’s Justification The officials of the union government said that the West Bengal, Maharashtra and Kerala tableaux were rejected after being examined in 2 rounds of meeting. West Bengal tableau's proposal was examined by the expert committee. A well-established system is followed for the selection of tableau for the republic day parade. Ministry of defense invites proposals from all States, UTs, Central Ministries and Departments. These proposals are later evaluated in a series of meetings of the expert committee. The c