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The new Parliament building built under the Central Vista Project is the dream project of the Prime Minister. Its construction started in January 2021 and was completed in 28 months.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) party will boycott the inauguration ceremony of the new Parliament building. TMC leader in Lok Sabha Sudip Bandhopadhyay gave this information. On May 28, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will inaugurate the new building of Parliament.
TMC MP Saugata Roy said that we are against the inauguration of the new Parliament House by the Prime Minister.
Rahul Gandhi said- President should inaugurate the new Parliament House…not PM
Earlier, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had also opposed it. Rahul wrote on his social media handle – President Draupadi Murmu should inaugurate the new building of Parliament, not the Prime Minister.
Here, all the opposition parties and the Congress have raised questions on the date of inauguration of the new building. Congress said- May 28 is the birth anniversary of Hindutva thinker Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Inaugurating the new Parliament House on this day is an insult to the nation builders.
Parliament building built in Rs 862 crore
The work of the new Parliament House built at a cost of Rs 862 crore has been completed. The Prime Minister laid its foundation stone on 10 December 2020. The construction of the new Parliament building started on 15 January 2021. This building was to be completed in November last year. This building built under the Central Vista Project is the dream project of the Prime Minister. It was built in 28 months.
The new Parliament House can comfortably accommodate 888 members in the Lok Sabha Chamber and 300 members in the Rajya Sabha Chamber.
4 storey building, not affected by earthquake
The old Parliament building is in 47 thousand 500 square meters, while the new building has been built in 64 thousand 500 square meters. That is, the new building is 17 thousand square meters bigger than the old one. The new parliament building is of 4 storeys. It has 3 doors, they are named Gyan Dwar, Shakti Dwar and Karma Dwar. There is a separate entry for MPs and VIPs. Earthquake will not affect it. Its design has been prepared by HCP Design, Planning and Management Private Limited. Its architect is Bimal Patel.
Architectural elements inspired by the ancient cultural heritage of India have been installed in the new Parliament House.
Why the new building was built
The current Parliament House was built 96 years ago in 1927. In March 2020, the government told Parliament that the old building was overutilized and was deteriorating. Along with this, there is not enough space in the old building to accommodate the MPs who will increase after the new delimitation of Lok Sabha seats. For this reason a new building is being constructed.
On July 12, 2022, the Ashoka Pillar built in the Parliament House was unveiled by PM Narendra Modi.
The specialty of the new parliament
- At present, the Lok Sabha has a seating capacity of 590 people. The new Lok Sabha has 888 seats and the Visitors’ Gallery has seating for more than 336 people.
- At present, the Rajya Sabha has a seating capacity of 280. There are 384 seats in the new Rajya Sabha and more than 336 people will be able to sit in the visitors gallery.
- There will be so much space in the Lok Sabha that during the joint session of both the Houses, more than 1272 MPs will be able to sit together in the Lok Sabha itself.
- There are separate offices for every important work of the Parliament. Hi-tech office facilities are also available for officers and employees.
- The cafe and dining area are also hi-tech. Hi-tech equipments have been installed in different rooms of the committee meeting.
- There are also common rooms, ladies lounge and VIP lounge.
Architectural elements inspired by the ancient cultural heritage of India have been installed in the new Parliament House.
A copy of the constitution will be kept in the constitution hall
The main feature of the new building is the Constitution Hall. It is being said that a copy of the constitution will be kept in this hall. Apart from this, big pictures of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhash Chandra Bose, Prime Ministers of the country have also been installed.
Hi-tech offices have been set up in the new building of Parliament. Separate arrangements have also been made for meetings here.
Construction started in January 2021
The construction of the new triangular shaped Parliament building started on 15 January 2021. This building was to be completed in November last year. PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the new Parliament House on 10 December 2020. Then he had said that nothing can be more beautiful than the new building of Parliament, when India will celebrate 75 years of its independence.
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