New Parliament Narasimha Rao's Idea, Good To See It Built: Ghulam Nabi Azad
NDTV
"But now, a new Parliament building has been constructed, and that is a good thing," Mr Azad said amid 19 opposition parties, including his former party Congress, announcing a boycott of the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The idea to construct a new Parliament building was initially proposed by the PV Narasimha Rao government, but "due to various reasons" it was put in "cold storage", DPAP chief Ghulam Nabi Azad said today.
"But now, a new Parliament building has been constructed, and that is a good thing," Mr Azad said amid 19 opposition parties, including his former party Congress, announcing a boycott of the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He ended his nearly five-decade-long association with the Congress last year and formed the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP).
Asked for his remarks on the Opposition's boycott, he told reporters that "as far as the new Parliament building is concerned, I don't have to comment on which party takes part in the inauguration of the new building and which boycotts it".
