"I would like all our friends who are opposing the inauguration of the new Parliament building, to read this article and get some idea about the symbolism of 'Sengol' and what happened in 1947," Hardeep Puri said.
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) MP N K Premachandran said here on Saturday that the main reason for 19 opposition parties jointly deciding not to attend the inauguration of the new parliament building is the fact that it is inaugurated by the prime minister and not by the President "v
"We support the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 28. SKM congratulates PM Modi for this achievement," SKM leader Jacob Khaling said.
According to the top sources of Delhi Police, no permission has been given for this panchayat yet. The protestors will not be allowed to hold Khap Panchayat as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inaugurating the new Parliament on the same day.
"Why does the Congress party hate Indian traditions and culture so much? A sacred Sengol was given to Pandit Nehru by a holy Saivite Mutt from Tamil Nadu to symbolize India's freedom but it was banished to a museum as a 'walking stick'," Tweeted Shah.
"Now, they (Congress) are showing a lot of respect and affection for the President. Why did they put a candidate against her? Now they are saying that they (BJP) are insulting Adivasis. All this is only to divert the people's attention and gain votes from a section of the society," said H
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a PIL seeking direction that the new Parliament building should be inaugurated by President Droupadi Murmu on May 28.
Originally scheduled to depart from Mumbai at 1 am (local time) on May 26 the flight VJ884 flight has been rescheduled to 8:30 pm today. The airline operator VietJet Air ina statement said the rescheduling was done due to operational reasons.
Following a call by opposition parties to boycott the inauguration ceremony of the new parliament building, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday described the new building as a symbol of democracy and appealed to the opposition parties to reconsider their stand on the matter.
"This is a totally undemocratic attitude of the opposition. This is petty politics. I appeal to all political parties to take part in the inaugural ceremony," Bora said.