President Or PM? Opposition vs Government Over New Parliament Opening
NDTV
The rituals will start Sunday morning and the main programme is scheduled for 11.30 am. Besides Prime Minister Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will be present
A heated debate has broken out between leaders of the ruling BJP and the Opposition in the run-up to the grand inauguration of the new parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday. It looks like the Modi Govt has ensured election of President of India from the Dalit and the Tribal communities only for electoral reasons.While Former President, Shri Kovind was not invited for the New Parliament foundation laying ceremony…1/4 From criticising the New Parliament Building & questioning its very necessity despite many of them advocating for it before but not executing it, Congress President & other worthies are now shifting the goalpost by generously misquoting an article a day from the Constitution! pic.twitter.com/GUwexamcZy
As the centre races against time to complete preparations for the grand event, the Opposition has threatened to stay away, questioning why the President was not inaugurating the new parliament building. The criticism has drawn a sharp retort from the centre and the BJP.
The grand opening, it is learnt, will be marked by chanting of hymns, a havan and a puja. The rituals, it is learnt, will start in the morning and the main programme is scheduled for 11.30 am.
Besides Prime Minister Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will be present during the grand opening, which will be held on the lines of the ground-breaking ceremony in 2020.
