New Parliament / 8 parties boycotted the inauguration of the Parliament House - Sanjay Raut said - Opposition in complete opposition

New Parliament: On May 28, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the new building of Parliament. A total of 9 opposition parties have decided not to participate in the program by boycotting it. These include Mamata Banerjee's TMC, Arvind Kejriwal's (AAP), NCP, DMK, Lalu Prasad Yadav's RJD, Shiv Sena (Uddhav faction), CPI, CPI(M) and VCK. Although the Congress party has not given any information about whether or not to participate in this program. Rahul Gandhi and Mallakarjun Kharge have already demanded President Draupadi Murmu to inaugurate the programme. On the other hand, Telangana Chief Minister KCR's party BRS has said to inform about the decision on Thursday.

Rahul said – The President should inaugurate the new Parliament House, not the PM

On May 21, Rahul Gandhi wrote on his social media handle – President Draupadi Murmu should inaugurate the new building of Parliament, not the Prime Minister. According to the news agency PTI, the Congress said – May 28 is the birth anniversary of Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Inaugurating the new Parliament House on this day is an insult to the nation builders. Read full news...

Kharge said - President is the country's first citizen, she should inaugurate On May 22, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge raised questions on not inviting President Draupadi Murmu to the inauguration ceremony of the new Parliament House. He said- It seems that the Modi government appoints a president from the Dalit and tribal communities only for electoral gains. She is the first citizen of the country.

Sanjay Raut said – everything is happening for PM, this political event

Sanjay Raut said on Wednesday – Our Parliament is historical. It can go on for a hundred years now. RSS and BJP have no hand in making this. Now a new building will be built and the foundation stone will be laid in it that Prime Minister Modi has inaugurated it. So much is being spent for this. Come on, that's fine too.

But the President who is the head of this country. Tribal women. Custodian of Parliament. You are not calling them. It is a protocol to inaugurate the new Parliament House by his hands. But you're not. Because you are doing a political event by getting the inauguration done by the Prime Minister. That's why all the opposition parties have decided that we will not go into it.

TMC MP Derek speak – this is an insult to the President

TMC MP Derek O'Brien also termed the President's disrespect for not inaugurating the new Parliament building. Brian said, this is an insult to the Dalit tribal and deprived society of India. He further said, Parliament is not just a new building, it is the foundation of age-old traditions, values, precedents and rules and Indian democracy. The inauguration of the building for PM Modi is only for him, not for us.

What did AAP and CPI say

AAP leader Sanjay Singh said, AAP will also boycott the inauguration. Because the PM didn't invite the President. CPI leader D Raja also said that his party would not attend the inauguration ceremony. The CPI(M) has also announced to boycott the event.

862 crores ready

The work of the new Parliament House built at a cost of Rs 862 crore has been completed. The Prime Minister laid its foundation stone on 10 December 2020. The construction of the new Parliament building started on 15 January 2021. This building was to be completed in November last year. This building built under the Central Vista Project is the dream project of the Prime Minister. It was built in 28 months.

4 storey building, not affected by earthquake

The old Parliament building is in 47 thousand 500 square meters, while the new building has been built in 64 thousand 500 square meters. That is, the new building is 17 thousand square meters bigger than the old one. The new parliament building is of 4 storeys. It has 3 doors, they are named Gyan Dwar, Shakti Dwar and Karma Dwar. There is a separate entry for MPs and VIPs. Earthquake will not affect it. Its design has been prepared by HCP Design, Planning and Management Private Limited. Its architect is Bimal Patel.

The specialty of the new parliament

At present, the Lok Sabha has a seating capacity of 590 people. The new Lok Sabha has 888 seats and the Visitors' Gallery has seating for more than 336 people.

At present, the Rajya Sabha has a seating capacity of 280. There are 384 seats in the new Rajya Sabha and more than 336 people will be able to sit in the visitors gallery.

There will be so much space in the Lok Sabha that during the joint session of both the Houses, more than 1272 MPs will be able to sit together in the Lok Sabha itself.

There are separate offices for every important work of the Parliament. Hi-tech office facilities are also available for officers and employees.

The cafe and dining area are also hi-tech. Hi-tech equipments have been installed in different rooms of the committee meeting.

There are also common rooms, ladies lounge and VIP lounge.

Why the new building was built

The current Parliament House was built 96 years ago in 1927. In March 2020, the government told Parliament that the old building was overutilized and was deteriorating. Along with this, there is not enough space in the old building to accommodate the MPs who will increase after the new delimitation of Lok Sabha seats. For this reason a new building is being constructed.

Construction started in January 2021

The construction of the new triangular shaped Parliament building started on 15 January 2021. This building was to be completed in November last year. PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the new Parliament House on 10 December 2020. Then he had said that nothing can be more beautiful than the new building of Parliament, when India will celebrate 75 years of its independence.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Duty Path on 8 September 2022 at 8 pm in front of India Gate. They reached the duty path at 7 pm. First he unveiled the statue of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. Central Vista Avenue has been completed after 19 months of continuous work.

Lutyens Zone, the poshest locality of Delhi. Power Corridor of the country. India Gate, Parliament House, PMO, Rashtrapati Bhavan, Ministry Office… everything is here, in this area. This is Central Vista Avenue. As soon as you reach in front of India Gate, you will see the magnificent 3.2 km long 'Kartavya Path'. It starts from India Gate and goes till Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The Central Vista Project in Delhi, the Kashi Vishwanath Dham Corridor in Varanasi, the Sabarmati Riverfront Development in Ahmedabad and the master planning of the Jagannath Temple in Puri – all these symbols of India's cultural and urban landscape may be located in different corners of the country, but Their master architect is only one.