Why is Prez not inaugurating new Parliament, asks Kejriwal
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, whose Aam Aadmi Party has decided to boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building, on Thursday sought to know from Prime Minister Narendra Modi why it was not being inaugurated by the President.
The CM expressed his concern in a tweet and wrote, “PM Modi did not invite then President Ram Nath Kovind to lay the foundation stone of Lord Shri Ram temple. Later, PM Modi did not invite him even for the foundation stone laying ceremony of the new Parliament House. Now, the PM is not getting the inauguration of the new Parliament House done at the hands of the present president. SC and ST society across the country is asking whether they are considered
inauspicious and if they don’t get invited by BJP.”
The AAP said it was “upset” that the Parliament building was not being inaugurated by President Droupadi Murmu.
According to AAP MP Sanjay Singh, PM Modi’s actions have not only caused an affront to two sitting presidents but have also delivered a disrespectful blow to the entire dalit-adivasi community.
The MP further explained that the PM’s decisions reflect a disturbing belief that the presence of dalits and adivasis would bring ill fortune to his government.
As many as 19 Opposition parties, including the Congress, Left, Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Party, and AAP have decided to boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building by PM Modi, saying they find no value in a new building when the “soul of democracy has been sucked out.”
Noting that the inauguration of the Parliament building is a momentous occasion, the Opposition parties in a joint statement said, “Despite our belief that the government is threatening democracy, and our disapproval of the autocratic manner in which the new Parliament was built, we were open to sinking our differences and marking this occasion.”