‘I’m happy I didn't go there': Sharad Pawar on new Parliament inauguration
Another NCP leader Supriya Sule has also reacted to the new Parliament inauguration and called it an ‘incomplete event’ without Opposition parties, saying that it means there is no democracy in the country.
PremiumNationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said he saw the new Parliament inauguration ceremony in the morning and is happy that he did not attend the event. This came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the new House to the nation today.
“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?" Pawar said.
Another NCP leader Supriya Sule has also reacted to the new Parliament inauguration and called it an ‘incomplete event’ without Opposition parties, saying that it means there is no democracy in the country.
“To open a new Parliament building without Opposition makes it an incomplete event. It means there is no democracy in the country," Sule said in Pune.
PM Modi inaugurated the new Parliament building on Sunday morning and installed the historic Sengol in the Lok Sabha chamber. Dressed in traditional attire, Modi walked into Parliament premises from its Gate No. 1 and was welcomed by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
Amid Vedic chants by priests from Karnataka's Shringeri Math, the prime minister performed "Ganapati Homam" to invoke Gods to bless the inauguration of the new Parliament building.
The prime minister prostrated before the Sengol and sought blessings from high priests of various 'adheenams' in Tamil Nadu with the holy sceptre in hand.
Several Union ministers, including Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, S Jaishankar, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Mansukh Mandaviya and Jitendra Singh, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and BJP president J P Nadda among other leaders were present on the occasion.
However, as many as 20 opposition parties decided to boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building on 28 May, arguing that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to open the building instead of President Droupadi Murmu was an “assault on democracy".
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