‘PM Modi shouldn’t inaugurate new Parliament,’ Rahul Gandhi suggests THIS name

The construction of a multi-billion dollar building received backlash from the opposition parties, calling it the misuse of taxes. And now, the leaders of the opposition parties have questioned the intention of the ruling BJP government for inaugurating the building on Savarkar’s birth anniversary.

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Twitter, “A complete insult to all our Founding Fathers and Mothers. A total rejection of Gandhi, Nehru, Patel, Bose, et al. A blatant repudiation of Dr. Ambedkar.”

Now, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has tweeted that Prime Minister is not the right person to inaugurate the revered building. Gandhi said the new Parliament building should ideally be inaugurated by the President of India Droupadi Murmu.

Some opposition parties have also struck a similar tone. They have asked why would the prime minister, who is the head of the executive and not the legislature, inaugurate it.

RJD leader Manoj Kumar Jha said, “Shouldn’t the honorable @rashtrapatibhvn be inaugurating the new ‘Sansad Bhavan’? I leave it at that…Jai Hind.”

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi asked why should the prime minister inaugurate the Parliament building?

“He is head of the executive, not legislature. We have a separation of powers and Hon’ble Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chair could have inaugurated (it). It’s made with public money, why is PM behaving like his ‘friends’ have sponsored it from their private funds,” Owaisi said on Twitter.

PM Modi laid the foundation stone of the new Parliament building on December 10, 2020. The new Parliament building can comfortably seat 888 members in the Lok Sabha chamber and 300 in the Rajya Sabha chamber. According to the central government, the current Parliament building was way too old and inadequate for present-day requirements.

The present building of the Parliament was completed in 1927 and is now 96 years old.

The estimated cost of the new Parliament building is over ₹900 crore.