Amravati MP Navneet Kaur Rana on Thursday slammed the Opposition on their remarks to boycott the new Parliament building inauguration and said that she was proud that the vision behind the new building was that of Indians.
Slamming the opposition parties' call for boycotting the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several leaders and activists from Jammu and Kashmir have extended support to the inauguration while also describing the opposition's decision as "childish
"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.
"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.
Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) leader and Deputy Chief Minister of Nagaland T R Zeliang on Friday said that inauguration of the new parliament building on May 28 is a remarkable achievement of the Central government and everyone should appreciate it
"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.
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.