Congress He said history will remember Prime Minister Modi for laying the foundation stone for a new Parliament at a time when the country’s farmers are protesting against three farm laws.
“Mister Modi, history will also record that when the ‘Annadata’ (food producer) fought for your rights for 16 days on the streets, you were building a palace for yourself on behalf of Central view, “main spokesperson Randeep Surjewala he said on Twitter.
Dear Prime Minister, Parliament is not cement and stones, it visualizes democracy, it is soaked in the Constitution, it is economic-political … https://t.co/ziHisIMZ9L
– Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) 1607591430000
Congressional Leader and former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh also took over the Modi government’s redevelopment plan for Vista Central, saying the new ‘atmanirbhar’ Parliament building bears an uncanny resemblance to the Pentagon in Washington DC.
Former Union Minister P Chidamabaram wrote on Twitter that the foundations for a new Parliament were “laid on the ruins of a liberal democracy.”
The foundations for a new Parliament building were laid on the ruins of a liberal democracy.
– P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) 1607600417000
While lecturing on the values and cultures of democracy, the BJP led by Prime Minister Modi is “mercilessly destroying democracy, attacking all dissidents and preventing our young people from even electing their life partners,” the secretary-general tweeted. of the CPM, Sitaram Yechury.
Mr. Modi is giving a moral lecture on the ‘values’ and ‘culture’ of democracy while, in practice, destroying democracy m… https://t.co/IPOQFIrUzn
– Sitaram Yechury (@SitaramYechury) 1607595722000
“An India without hungry stomachs,” he wrote AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi in response to a tweet that quotes Prime Minister Modi as saying: “What could be more beautiful, sacred than to have a new Parliament inspiring us as India celebrates the 75th year of freedom?”
Earlier today, Prime Minister Modi laid the foundation stone for a new Parliament building in a ceremony attended by Union ministers, ambassadors, leaders of different parties, including former Lok Sabha President Shivraj Patil and representatives of the YSR Congress. , AIADMK, BJD and TRS. However, some opposition leaders failed the event.
The prime minister asked everyone to commit that there will be no greater interest to them than the national interest, their concern for the country will be more than their own personal concerns, nothing will be more important to them than the unity and integrity of the country. , and that dignity and compliance with the Constitution will be the greatest objective of his life.
The new building would be a four-story structure with a seating capacity of 1,224 and would cost Rs 970 crore. It would replace the existing colonial structure that would be completing one hundred years in 2021. The structure would be built on an area of 64,500 square meters.
(With inputs from agencies)
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