Modi inaugurates new parliament building amid boycotts FMTNews FMTWorld
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi leads a procession at the start of the inauguration in New Delhi today.
The inauguration, and the ongoing revamp of the heart of New Delhi based on Indian culture, traditions and symbols, comes a year before parliamentary elections in which Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party will pitch its strong Hindu nationalist credentials, and its performance in office over the last decade, to seek a third term.
“To open a new parliament building without the opposition, it does not mean there is a democracy in the country. It’s an incomplete event,” Supriya Sule, an opposition leader, told news agency ANI. The new parliament complex is the centrepiece of a US$2.4 billion project aimed at eclipsing the significance of colonial-era buildings in the capital’s centre, paving the way for modern buildings with a distinct Indian identity.
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