‘Shocked and hurt’: Bengal CM writes to Modi after Centre rejects the state’s Republic Day tableau

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said she was “shocked and hurt” by the Centre’s decision to reject the tableau proposed by the state government for the Republic Day parade, ANI reported

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Banerjee said she was “baffled” that Union government rejected the tableau without giving any reasons or justifications.

She said that the proposed tableau was meant for commemorating the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose and had portraits of several prominent personalities from West Bengal, including Rabindranath Tagore, Swami Vivekananda, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Matangini Hazra and others.