All-India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi took people of only one religion inside the new Parliament building during its inauguration.
"In our country, secularism is under huge attack. RSS is not in compliance with India being a secular nation so they wish to change India into a religious country," Pinarayi Vijayan said.
Raising questions on the functioning of Parliament, the mouthpiece stated that Lok Sabha used to run for at least 140 days in a year during former PM Pandit Nehru, while now it doesn't even run for 50 days.
Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal on Sunday lashed out at the Opposition parties for trying to make the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi "controversial".
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government and said that the government is mercilessly trampling the voices of women players under their boots.
Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram took a jibe at the inauguration of the new Parliament House by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and termed it PM's "personal project".
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday installed the sacred 'Sengol' in the Lok Sabha chamber, right next to the Speaker's chair in the new Parliament building, after performing puja.
"...I find immense satisfaction in the accomplishment of building 4 crore homes and 11 crore toilets for the people, constructing 4 lakh kilometres of rural roads, constructing 50,000 Amrit Sarovar, and creating 30,000 new Panchayat Bhavans," PM Modi said.
"I saw the event in the morning. I am happy I didn't go there. I am worried after seeing whatever happened there. Are we taking the country backwards? Was this event for limited people only?," said Sharad Pawar on the inauguration of the new Parliament with havan, multi-faith prayers and
Janata Dal (United) leaders and workers on Sunday sat on a day-long hunger strike at the Ambedkar statue near the Patna High Court to protest against the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of the new Parliament building said that it will send a powerful message to the world about India's unwavering determination.