Hindustan Times
A huge controversy and rightly so has erupted over the arbitrary cancellation of Beating Retreat ceremony following the death of former President, R. Venkataraman. It is obvious that the government has taken this decision based on some sort of precedent or faulty interpretation of an outdated rule by a Section Officer in either the Home Ministry or the Defence Ministry with which all senior Babus concurred and ordered the cancellation of the Retreat, which formally marks the end of Republic Day celebrations.
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Loading ...Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Filed under New Delhi · Tagged Beating Retreat, Independence Day, nationalism, Republic Day
