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Rahul Gandhi opposes inauguration of new parliament building by PM Modi

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Shailesh Khanduri
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses the media on results of the Karnataka Assembly polls, in New Delhi

New Delhi: Congress leader and former MP Rahul Gandhi Sunday opposed the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 28 and demanded that the inauguration should be done by the President of India Draupadi Murmu.

PM Modi is set to inaugurate the new Parliament building on the birth anniversary of Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar.

The new Parliament building can comfortably seat 888 members in the Lok Sabha chamber and 300 in the Rajya Sabha chamber, according to the Lok Sabha Secretariat.

In case of a joint sitting of both the Houses, a total of 1,280 members can be accommodated in the Lok Sabha chamber.

The prime minister had laid the foundation stone of the new Parliament building on December 10, 2020.

The present Parliament building was completed in 1927.

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