Cong, Left, oppn parties boycott Constitution Day event

Several Opposition parties including the Congress, the Left parties, the All India Trinamool Congress, the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Shiv Sena, the Nationalist Congress Party, the Samajwadi Party have decided to boycott the Constitution Day function being held in the Central Hall of Parliament on Friday.

According to sources, Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Anand Sharma and Jairam Ramesh reached out to other Opposition leaders for the boycott of the event.

President Ram Nath Kovind will lead the celebrations of Constitution Day live from the Central Hall of Parliament House from 11 am onwards on Friday.

As per a release issued by the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, the Centre will celebrate Constitution Day as a part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.

As a part of the celebrations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the programmes that will be organised in Parliament and Vigyan Bhawan.

The programme organised in Parliament will be addressed by the President, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.