thiruvananthapuram the decision to leave out states tableau from this years republic day parade invited strong criticism and protest from the state government culture minister a k balan said that the centre is going mad even at the utterance of the name of the state and the decision to exclude the state is political we dont understand why there is so much hatred towards art forms like kathakali mohiniyattam and chenda situation has become such that the centre is going mad hearing the name of kerala or malayali this shows the general state of the country there is no politics in such matters in displaying the states rich culture and heritage before the world we had cleared till the third round and without any political interference it would not be rejected he said he said that same is the case with states recommendations for padma awards the list given by the state is not considered we are sending such lists without any political interests when we send names like m t vasudevan nair or actor mammootty the list is thrown in to the dustbin even the resolution passed by the assembly is being opposed he said finance minister t m thomas isaac said that the state has an exceptional track record in republic day parades in six parades from 2008 to 2013 the state had topped in three but ever since bjp government came to power in the centre the state was allowed to participate just once the centre is showing a vengeful attitude towards keralites by excluding the state from portraying its tableau in republic day parade he said general education minister c raveendranath also criticized the centres decision to deny permission for the states tableau this is nothing but insulting the state the deliberate attempt to exclude a state that is in the forefront of administrative and cultural fronts demands protest it should also be noted that the state had decided to portray its rich cultural heritage through the tableau it is also the peoples will to portray the cultural heritage of the state he said in his facebook postthe states proposed theme for its tableau for parading it in the republic day celebrations this year on the theme art and architecture of the state was rejected by a committee constituted by the ministry of defence this is the second time in a row that the state is being denied opportunity to participate in the tableau on republic day