Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the parties boycotting the inauguration on Sunday should reconsider their decision for people’s sake
Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday appealed to opposition parties boycotting the new Parliament building’s inauguration on Sunday to reconsider their decision for the sake of the people.
पटौदी इंटरप्राइजेज एवं अलगोजा रिसोर्ट - बूंदी
पटौदी इंटरप्राइजेज एवं अलगोजा रिसोर्ट कीऔर से बूंदी वासियों को दीपावली की हार्दिक बधाई व शुभकामनाएं
“Whether you like the Prime Minister [Narendra Modi] or do not like to see him... Whatever it is, you have to respect the temple of democracy. ...it is not good to boycott the temple of democracy where we debate people’s issues. ...At least for the people, participate in the function,” Sitharaman told reporters in Chennai in the presence of Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi, his Telangana and Nagaland counterparts, Tamilsai Soundararajan and La Ganesan, Union minister L Murugan, and state minister PK Sekar Babu.
Sitharaman said 20 aadeenams or heads of monasteries from Tamil Nadu have been invited for the inauguration, where Sengol (sceptre), the symbol of governance in Tamil kingdoms, will be installed near the Speaker’s seat.
Lord Mountbatten handed over the five-feet long sceptre made of silver and gold to India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on August 14, 1947, as a symbol of the transfer of power. Sitharaman said Tamil Nadu has a “big proud part” in the episode symbolising the transfer.
