New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday stepped up its assault on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the inauguration of the brand new Parliament constructing, saying “one man’s ego and desire for self-promotion” has denied the primary tribal lady president her constitutional privilege to inaugurate the advanced. The Congress’ assault comes a day after as many as 20 opposition events introduced their choice to boycott the inauguration of the brand new Parliament constructing by Modi. Nineteen Opposition events, together with the Congress, Left, TMC, SP and AAP, got here collectively to collectively announce the boycott, saying they discover no worth in a brand new constructing when the “soul of democracy has been sucked out”. Separately, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi mentioned if Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla doesn’t inaugurate the brand new Parliament constructing, his get together wouldn’t attend.Â
In a tweet, Congress normal secretary Jairam Ramesh mentioned, “Yesterday, President Draupadi Murmu inaugurated the country’s largest judicial campus at the Jharkhand High Court complex in Ranchi. It is one man’s ego and desire for self-promotion that has denied the first Adivasi woman President her Constitutional privilege to inaugurate the new Parliament building in New Delhi on May 28th.” “Ashoka the Great, Akbar the Great, Modi the Inaugurate,” Ramesh mentioned.
After the Opposition boycott name, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance had additionally launched a pointy counterattack, calling the opposition stand a “blatant affront to democratic ethos and constitutional values of our great nation”.
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The 19 Opposition events of their joint assertion mentioned Prime Minister Modi’s choice to inaugurate the brand new Parliament constructing by himself, “completely sidelining President Droupadi Murmu, is not only a grave insult but a direct assault on our democracy which demands a commensurate response”.
