"Grateful To PM Modi To Adopt...," Says Maker Of Historic Sceptre
NDTV
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the new Parliament building on May 28. PM Modi will also install a 'Sengol', a historic sceptre next to Lok Sabha Speaker's seat.
Vummidi Sudhakar, the chairman of Vummidi Bangaru Jewellers which made the historic 'Sengol' that will be installed in the new Parliament building on May 28, said that he was grateful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to follow the same procedures of handing over sceptre.
"We are the makers of the 'Sengol'. It took us a month's time to make it. It is made of silver and gold plated. I was 14 year old at that time. My elder brother was one of the directors who directed the making of it. We're grateful to PM Modi to adopt the same procedures of handing over the Sengol," Vummidi Sudhakar said while talking to ANI.
Talking about the cost of the Sengol, he said that it costs Rs 50,000 at that time.
The great-grandson of jeweller Vummidi Bangaru Chetty Vummidi Balaji called the PM's decision to install the sceptre"very nostalgic".
