With the new Parliament building preparing to hold its first session, staff members are likely to get new uniforms among the many changes. While Marshals in Parliament will get cream-coloured kurtas instead of safari suits, the PGD or the security group protecting Parliament will also get a new uniform. The women employees will get sarees of a new design, replacing the old. Inaugurated by PM Modi on June 1, the new Parliament building will hold its first session on September 19, which would be the second day of the Special Session of Parliament.
The session will be moved to the new building on September 19 on Ganesh Chaturthi, reported news agency ANI. The five-day special session will reportedly see the introduction of bills on women’s reservation and ‘one nation-one election’. The five-day special session of Parliament has been convened by Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi from September 18-22. The agenda of the session will soon be made public.
At the inauguration of the new Parliament building, the historic ‘Sengol’ was installed near the Speaker’s chair.
“The country built a modern Parliament building. Parliament is the symbol of the country’s democracy. It has representation from the Ruling side as well as the Opposition. But this faction of the Opposition opposed the new Parliament building,” PM Modi said while inaugurating the new building.
The inauguration ceremony was, however, clouded in controversy after the Centre announced that PM Modi would throw the doors open to the lawmakers as the Opposition had demanded that President Droupadi Murmu inaugurate the building.
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As per several media reports, the BJP might table a bill to rename India as ‘Bharat’ during the special session sparking a a massive uproar among the “united” Opposition.
The I.N.D.I.A bloc has alleged that the Centre wants to rename the nation as it is afraid of the Opposition and its acronym. The BJP, however, maintained that the name ‘India’ is a remnant of colonial legacy and must be changed.