Reported By:| Edited By: PTI |Source: PTI |Updated: May 24, 2023, 11:20 AM IST
CPI basic secretary D Raja additionally mentioned his get together won’t attend the ceremony. (file)
Mumbai: The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) won’t attend the inauguration of the brand new Parliament constructing on May 28, a celebration spokesperson mentioned on Wednesday.
The determination has been taken in sync with the opposite opposition events, the spokesperson informed PTI.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the brand new constructing on Sunday.
On Tuesday, the TMC, the CPI and the AAP introduced they may skip the inauguration ceremony of the brand new Parliament constructing on May 28.
Amid calls for from the opposition that President Droupadi Murmu ought to inaugurate the brand new constructing, leaders of like-minded opposition events have deliberated on the problem and a joint assertion by the ground leaders on a united boycott of the occasion could also be issued quickly, sources earlier mentioned.
TMC’s chief in Rajya Sabha Derek O’Brien in a Twitter publish on Tuesday mentioned, “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.”
CPI basic secretary D Raja additionally mentioned his get together won’t attend the ceremony.
Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh tweeted, “Not inviting President Droupadi Murmu to the inauguration of the new Parliament building is a great insult to her. This is also an insult to the tribals. The Aam Aadmi party will boycott the inauguration function in protest of Modi ji not inviting the President.”
The CPI-M additionally accused Modi of “bypassing” the President for not simply laying the muse stone for the brand new parliament constructing but in addition by inaugurating it himself.
