International Desk: The country’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, inaugurated the new Parliament building in the capital of India, New Delhi. The Prime Minister unveiled the beautiful architecture amid a collective boycott by the opposition. Then he placed the jeweled gold bar next to the speaker’s seat. The new controversy has already started around the claim of its historic handover. News NDTV.
The Prime Minister accompanied the speaker of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament, Om Birla, to the Lok Sabha. By officially inaugurating the Parliament building, he installed it next to the Speaker’s seat. Then the Sarvadharma prayer begins.
The Prime Minister reached the new building around 7:30 this Sunday morning. First, he sat in worship. At the place of worship was the bejeweled gold bar ‘Sengal’, which was brought from the Prayagraj (Allahabad) museum to be housed in the new Parliament building in Delhi.
The opposition has already started calling ‘Sengal’ a ‘scepter’. According to Hinduism, it is purified. The Prime Minister prostrated before him. The monks from Tamil Nadu handed over the bricks to the Prime Minister.
The new parliament building is built on the premises of the old parliament building. It is developed by Tata Group. After becoming Prime Minister for the second term, Narendra Modi took the initiative to create it. He decided to build this building by spending about one thousand crores of rupees in the poor condition of the economy in the COVID situation. The controversy started with that. The development of the new Parliament building and the surrounding area has been named ‘Central Vista’. A total cost of 24 thousand crore rupees has been estimated.
The Prime Minister today paid tribute to the workers whose contribution to building the new parliament building is undeniable.
The Parliament of India was built in 1927. With the increase in population, the number of representatives also increased gradually. It is supposed to increase. It is difficult to accommodate the increased number of parliamentarians in the 96-year-old building. At present, Lok Sabha has 543 members, and Rajya Sabha has 250. 888 Lok Sabha seats have been kept in the new Parliament building, which can be increased to 1,272 in the future.
