Telangana ditches Republic day celebrations, not to take part ever

Times of India quoted Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader in the Lok Sabha, AP Jitender Reddy as saying, "There is no point pressing it when they want to eliminate us. Better not try when the rejection is imminent for reasons not justified and when the same principle is not seemed to be applicable to all. The state government has decided not to send any tableau in future."

The daily also reported that this is the second time, the state is facing the same problem from the centre regarding its R-Day tableau.

Last year after discussions with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, the Telangana leaders had finally solved the problems.

V Subhash, director of the Telangana Information & Public Relations department, said, "We were particular about taking part in the 2015 parade since we wanted to announce to the world the birth of the state. It was significant since US president Barack Obama was the chief guest and it was important for us to send the message across. But we can't go on begging year after year and don't want to give them an opportunity to do so anymore."