The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Janata Dal (United) and Dravida Munetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Wednesday joined the league to boycott the inauguration of new Parliament building arguing that it should be the President and not the Prime Minister who launches the new building.
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A total of 19 like-minded opposition parties have rallied up against the Centre on the inauguration event and released a joint statement showing discontent against PM Modi’s decision to inaugurate the new Parliament building by himself, ‘completely sidelining President Droupadi Murmu’. They claimed that this decision is ‘not only a grave insult but a direct assault on our democracy’.
“We have decided to boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building… Not asking the President to inaugurate the building is an insult to her,” RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav told reporters.
On Tuesday, Trinamool Congress (TMC), Communist Party of India (CPI), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and CPI(Marxist) announced they will skip the inauguration ceremony.
“Parliament is not just a new building; it is an establishment with old traditions, values, precedents and rules — it is the foundation of Indian democracy. Prime Minister Modi doesn’t get that. For him, Sunday’s inauguration of the new building is all about I, ME, MYSELF. So count us out,” TMC MP Derek O’Brien said in a tweet.
