Patna: Amid Opposition’s name for boycotting the inauguration of the brand new Parliament constructing, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday asserted that there’s “no need” for a brand new Parliament constructing. The new Parliament constructing is an try to write down a brand new historical past by those that had no contribution within the freedom battle, he instructed reporters right here. Kumar additionally expressed dismay over President Droupadi and Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankar, who can be the chairman of Rajya Sabha, not being invited to the operate. JD(U), of which he’s a senior chief, has introduced that it’s going to boycott the inauguration of the brand new Parliament constructing on Sunday. The celebration will observe a day-long quick right here on the day to protest the inauguration of the brand new Parliament constructing by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“There is no need for a new Parliament building… Those who had no contribution to the country’s fight for independence are trying to distort history. It is quite surprising that the President of India and the Vice-President, who is the chairman of Rajya Sabha, have not been invited to the inauguration programme,” Kumar, who had been a cupboard minister within the Atal Bihari Vajpayee, instructed reporters right here.
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“JD(U) strongly holds that the president is an important part of the country’s parliamentary system. As the president, Droupadi Murmu holds the highest constitutional post in the country and she should have been invited by the Narendra Modi government to inaugurate the new Parliament. Building,” the celebration’s state president Umesh Singh Kushwaha instructed reporters right here on Saturday.
Asked about his determination to skip the Niti Aayog assembly in Delhi on Saturday, Kumar mentioned, ?It was within the morning and I had different engagements in Patna through the day… Therefore I couldn’t go to Delhi. Had the assembly been held within the afternoon, I’d have attended it. I despatched an inventory of ministers and officers who may attend the assembly, however there was no response from the Centre. So no consultant from Bihar is attending immediately’s assembly”.
On the Reserve Bank of India’s determination to withdraw Rs 2000 denomination banknotes from circulation after September 30, 2023, Kumar mentioned, “First one thousand currency notes were withdrawn and now Rs 2000… I fail to understand their intentions”.
To questions on a probable assembly of non-BJP events right here to debate opposition unity earlier than the approaching Lok Sabha elections, he mentioned, “We will talk about it later”. Kumar had met Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee in March who requested him to carry a gathering of the opposition events in Patna in May finish.
