New Parliament opening: BJP versus Opposition in 10 points

India is all set to get its new Parliament building by this weekend. The new parliament building will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 28. Before its inauguration, the building entered into another controversy, as opposition parties are criticising the government for selecting 'Veer Savarkar Jayanti, as the inauguration date.

Here are the ten latest updates Parliament building row

-The parliament building will be inaugurated on May 28. Other than spending, the date of the inauguration of the building has become another controversial issue for the opposition parties. 

-May 28 is the birth anniversary of VD Savarkar, who is one of the BJP's biggest icons. The Congress has said that the date is a ‘complete insult’ to the country's founding fathers.

-Calling out on the Modi Government, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, accused the government of "repeatedly disrespecting propriety" by not inviting the President and the former President to the inauguration.

-In his series of tweets, Mallikarjun Kharge said that the President of India represents the people, the government, the opposition, and the whole of India.

-Joining the Congress in its attack to the BJP, CPI's D Raja said, "Obsession with self-image and cameras trumps decency and norms when it comes to Modi-ji."

-The Congress leader Anand Sharma called the inauguration of the new Parliament house “unconstitutional”. Anand Sharma told ANI, that the new parliament building inauguration is not “constitutionally correct” as the President, who is the ‘Head of the Parliament’ will be excluded from the key events.  

"It is not constitutionally correct to take a major decision about the Parliament excluding the head of the Parliament, the President of India from the decision-making from the foundation stone laying, now for the inauguration," Anand Sharma said while addressing a press conference on Monday.

-On Sunday, Rahul Gandhi tweeted,""The President should inaugurate the new Parliament House, not the Prime Minister!"

-AIMIM head Asaduddin Owaisi, said in his tweet that PM Modi “is head of the executive, not the legislature.” He mentioned the separation of powers in the Indian parliament and suggested that the “Hon'ble Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chair could have inaugurated” the new parliament building.

"He (PM Modi) is head of the executive, not legislature. We have a separation of powers and Hon'ble Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chair could have inaugurated (it). It's made with public money, why is PM behaving like his 'friends' have sponsored it from their private funds," tweeted AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi.

-Replying to the opposition's criticism, Union Minister Hardip Singh Puri said in his tweet that the Congress has a habit of raking controversies where none exist. 

-In addition to this, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia called the Congress “useless” and said, “Veer Savarkar is the pride of every Indian.” He called people opposing the inauguration date as ‘inconsequential’ and not even a “worth of the dust on Veer Savarkar's feet.”

The present parliament building was completed in 1927 and will be a century-old in the coming years. In 2020, PM Modi laid foundation of the new building of Parliament. A total of 888 members can sit in the new building at the same time.