- May 28, 2023
New Parliament Inauguration LIVE Updates: PM Modi Installs ‘Sengol’ In New Parliament Building
New Parliament Building Inauguration Live: The new parliament building also offers more space.
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the new parliament building today. Around 60 religious heads have also been invited to the event.
A havan will take place in the Parliament premises outside the new building around 7 am where the ceremonial sceptre ‘Sengol’ will be handed over to Prime Minister Modi by the high priests of the Shaivite order. Two short films will be screened in the Parliament building, followed by Prime Minister Modi’s address.
The new parliament building also offers more space than the current building which was built in 1927.
With carpets from Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh, bamboo flooring from Tripura and stone carvings from Rajasthan, the new Parliament building “reflects India’s diverse culture“.
The interior has three national symbols – the lotus, the peacock and the banyan tree – as its themes.
The triangular-shaped four-storey parliament building has a built-up area of 64,500 sqm. The building has three main gates – Gyan Dwar, Shakti Dwar, and Karma Dwar.
The present parliament building was completed in 1927 and is nearly a century old.
The new parliament building, built by Tata Projects Ltd, has a grand constitution hall to showcase India’s democratic heritage, a lounge for MPs, a library, multiple committee rooms, dining areas and ample parking space.
While 25 parties have confirmed their attendance, some parties have announced a boycott. These include Congress, AAP, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Shiv Sena (UBT), Samajwadi Party (SP), Communist Party of India,Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), Trinamool Congress (TMC), Janata Dal (United), Nationalist Congress Party, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) among others.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi installs the historic ‘Sengol’ in the new parliament building.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi walks into the new Parliament with the ‘Sengol’. He is accompanied by the Adheenam seers.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was handed over the ‘Sengol’ by Adheenam seers today after a puja to the mark the new parliament building inauguration.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla are seated for a puja ahead of the inauguration of the new parliament building.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived at the new Parliament building ahead of its inauguration later in the day. Accompanied by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, he offered tributes to the Mahatma Gandhi statue in the complex.
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan tweeted the video of the new parliament building that will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a grand ceremony today. Shah Rukh Khan has given a voice-over in the video, with the theme music of his film ‘Swades’ playing in the background.
What a magnificent new home for the people who uphold our Constitution, represent every citizen of this great Nation and protect the diversity of her one People @narendramodi ji.
A new Parliament building for a New India but with the age old dream of Glory for India. Jai Hind!… pic.twitter.com/FjXFZwYk2T– Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) May 27, 2023
The protesting wrestlers said late on Saturday evening that there was a lot of “pressure” to call off the Mahila Mahapanchayat they have planned in front of the new Parliament building today, but they will go ahead with the “peaceful” march come what may.
“We will go ahead with the Mahila Mahapanchayat, come what may. Our supporters have been stopped at a gurudwara in Ambala where they were supposed to stay tonight. It has now been converted into a cantonment,” alleged Vinesh Phogat.
