patna for the seventh consecutive year the tableau of bihar will not feature in the republic day parade in new delhis kartavya path rajpath the subject expert committee of the centre has rejected the proposed tableau based on the theme gayaji damstates information and public relation department said the proposed tableau was rejected on the ground that it did not fulfil the necessary criteria laid down for choosing tableaux from the states for the occasionthis year bihar had put forward its theme based on gayaji dam the countrys longest rubber dam launched by chief minister nitish kumar in september on the falgu river in gaya district the dam is built for the convenience of pilgrims who visit gaya during pitripaksh mela to pay homage to their ancestors the theme was selected as it has cultural importance the selection process usually extends to 45 meetings however after two rounds of meeting with the expert committee assigned by the ministry of defence we were not invited for the other rounds it is clearly mentioned that nonattendance of any meeting amounts to exclusion from the selection process a senior officer saidthe expert committee comprising eminent persons from various disciplines of art and culture shortlists the tableaux for the parade the committee examines the proposals on the basis of theme concept design and its visual impact before making its approvals as per the defence ministrylast year also the states tableau on gandhi ke padchinho par agrasar bihar was rejected by the selection committee vikramshila an ancient educational centre was the tableau theme in 2017 chhath festival in 2018 prohibition in 2019 and jaljeevanhariyali mission in 2020 and 2021 were also rejectedthe last time the state government showcased its tableau for the parade was in 2016 on the theme champaran movement of 1917pointing out the reasons for rejection an official said the selection depends on several parameters including visual appeal impact on the masses idea theme music and the degree of detailing involved in the tableauthe committee prefers the theme revolving around historical places and events like gandhis champaran satyagrah this theme was given green signal in 2016 the prohibition theme was rejected in 2019 stating that they would not display wine bottles and beer jaljeevanhariyali mission was rejected because it is an ongoing scheme besides it is a statelevel scheme gaya dam was also related to this scheme only so it was also rejected he saidthe officer said the other reason that bihar proposal got rejected was that only one theme is sent to the centre while many states like chhattisgarh and west bengal send four proposals so they have more chances of selection