New Delhi: The Centre’s rejection of Republic Day tableaux from specific states took on a particular pattern with Kerala joining the list of states whose submissions for the January 26 celebrations had been turned down. The Kerala law minister has called the decision ‘politically motivated’.The defence ministry had earlier rejected the tableaux of West Bengal, Maharashtra and Bihar. In all three states, the Bharatiya Janata Party is currently out of favour.Bengal is ruled by Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee, who has been vocally critical of the Modi dispensation, especially in the light of the CAA-NRC moves. The government in Maharashtra was formed by the BJP’s former ally Shiv Sena, along with the Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress, who joined hands primarily to keep BJP from power. In Bihar, where BJP forms a coalition government with Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United), Nitish has been clear that the NRC exercise will not be held in the state, amidst speculation of a wider schism between the two parties.Kerala, the final reject, has a government led by the Left Democratic Front, which recently joined hands with the state opposition, the Congress-led United Democratic Front, to oppose the CAA at the assembly level.Also read: Centre Rejects West Bengal’s Proposal for Republic Day Tableau, TMC Cries FoulThe Republic Day tableau is usually a chance for a state or Union Territory to display its history, culture and uniqueness on New Delhi’s Rajpath. Individual government departments also take out tableaux in procession as part of the functions of the day.In the cases of Bihar and Bengal, the tableaux had sought to highlight state government projects and schemes – the Jal-Jivan-Haryali environmental mission in the former and the cash transfer to girls scheme, Kanyashree in the latter.The theme proposed by Kerala for its tableau was “the state’s art and architecture, which would comprise the traditional art forms of Theyyam and Kalamandala. The tableau showed Kerala’s backwaters, Kathakali, Mohiniyattam dancers and percussionists playing the tradition instrument of Chenda (drums),” reported The News Minute.“The decision of rejecting Kerala’s tableau is politically motivated. I don’t understand why there is hatred towards all Kathakali, Mohiniyattam, Chenda. Have you ever seen a central government who is against federalism in our country, who attacks the Malayali and who gets into a frenzy when it hears Kerala? One of the leaders even asked if Malayalis have two horns. So this is indicating the present state of our country,” Kerala law minister A.K. Balan was quoted as having said by the news outlet.Saying that the situation had grown ‘crazy’, Balan joined voices with leaders of Bengal, Maharashtra and Bihar who have also slammed the Centre for its decision.West Bengal Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Tapas Roy accused the BJP-led central government of having a “vindictive” attitude towards the state. “Just because West Bengal has been opposing anti-people policies of the BJP government, a step-motherly treatment is being meted out to the state. As we have opposed anti-people laws like CAA, the Centre has rejected our tableau proposal,” Roy told PTI.The NCP and Shiv Sena on Thursday targeted the Modi-led government as well, calling the move an insult to the state. NCP MP Supriya Sule claimed the Centre has denied permission to the tableaux from the non-BJP-ruled Maharashtra and West Bengal, adding the Modi government was behaving in a “prejudiced” manner.प्रजासत्ताक दिनानिमित्तच्या संचलनात महाराष्ट्र व पश्चिम बंगालच्या चित्ररथास केंद्र सरकारने परवानगी नाकारली.हा देशाचा उत्सव असून केंद्र सरकारने सर्व राज्यांना प्रतिनिधित्व देणे अपेक्षित आहे.परंतु सरकार आकसाने वागत असून विरोधकांची सत्ता असणाऱ्या राज्यांना सापत्नभावाची वागणूक देतेय.— Supriya Sule (@supriya_sule) January 2, 2020The states included in the list, reported Indian Express, are Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh, along with the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Department of Financial Services, NDRF Ministry of Home Affairs, CPWD Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, and Ministry of Shipping.