new parliament building

AIUDF Chief Badruddin Ajmal on Wednesday sparked a controversy claiming that the Parliament building and the areas surrounding it in the national capital have been built on the Waqf Property.

The Samajwadi Party MP claimed that 'Sengol' is a symbol of monarchy and hence it should be removed from the parliament.

In a unique and powerful new ritual, President Murmu was given a grand welcome in the new Parliament building by Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla, and Vice President Dhankhar with the Sengol, a cultural symbol of the government of India.

"I have written in Saamana about my experience in the new Parliament House...It does not feel like a historical building," Sanjay Raut claimed.

Jairam Ramesh accused the Centre of turning the new Parliament building into 'Modi Marriot/ Modi Muliplex', which did not facilitate conversations between politicians.

Chowdhury said that he wanted to raise the issue in the Parliament but did not get the chance to do so

"There should have been space for prayer for Muslims in the new building at least to do 'Allah Allah' at the time of Namaz," Shafiqur Rahman Barq said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested that the building, where meetings of the Constituent Assembly were held to frame the Constitution, should be known as 'Samvidhan Sadan'.

PM Modi also recalled Jawahar Lal Nehru's first speech post-independence and the dark chapter of Emergency during Indira Gandhi's tenure.

The Vice President of India and Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankar will unfurl the national flag at the new Parliament building on September 17, a day before the forthcoming Session of Parliament, 2023.