The original deadline to complete the project was November last year. (Photo: News18)
Some opposition parties also asked why the Prime Minister, who is the head of the executive and not the legislature, would inaugurate it.
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to inaugurate the new Parliament building on May 28, the birth anniversary of Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar, several opposition parties on Friday hit out at the government and the Congress called it a “complete disgrace” to the country. Founding Fathers.
Some opposition parties also asked why the Prime Minister, who is the head of the executive and not the legislature, would inaugurate it.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Twitter, “Absolute disrespect to all our founding fathers and mothers. Complete rejection of Gandhi, Nehru, Patel, Bose, etc. Strong denial of Dr. Ambedkar.”
He was replying to a tweet by TMC MP Sukhendu Shekhar Ray, who tweeted, “26th November 2023- The Indian Constitution that gifted parliamentary democracy to the nation will enter its 75th year marking the inauguration of the new Parliament House.” would be suitable for But it will be done on May 28, Savarkar’s birthday – how relevant?” The Lok Sabha Secretariat said Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla met Modi on Thursday and extended an invitation to inaugurate the new building.
BJP IT department chief Amit Malviya tweeted, “Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the new Parliament House on 28 May 2023, which also happens to be the 140th birth anniversary of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, a great son of India.”
Veer Savarkar was born on 28 May 1883 in Bhagur. The new parliament is designed to last for at least 150 years. The current base has been in existence for 100 years,” he said.
RJD leader Manoj Kumar Jha said, “Shouldn’t Honorable @rashtrapatibhavn inaugurate the new ‘Parliament House’? I leave it to him… Jai Hind. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi asked why the Prime Minister should inaugurate the Parliament House? Taking to Twitter, Owaisi said, “The Speaker of the House could have inaugurated (it). It is made with public money, why is the PM behaving as if his ‘friends’ have sponsored it with their personal funds.”
Congress whip in Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore reiterated the party’s allegation that its members were not allowed to speak in Parliament and their microphones were switched off.
“We need to understand that Parliament is not just about bricks, cement and steel. It is also about giving a voice to those who are voiceless. It is not a matter of chairs, space, it is not a matter of facilities. It is about the right of the opposition members to speak.”
He said, ‘Will the mike be on in the new Parliament, that is the question we have to ask. We hope that the Prime Minister will realize that Parliament is the temple of democracy and that means we should allow the opposition to speak and the mike should also be on.
According to the Lok Sabha Secretariat, the new Parliament House can comfortably accommodate 888 members in the Lok Sabha Chamber and 300 members in the Rajya Sabha Chamber.
In the event of a joint sitting of both the Houses, a total of 1,280 members can be accommodated in the Lok Sabha chamber.
The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of the new Parliament House on 10 December 2020.
The present Parliament House was completed in 1927.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI,