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Modi to inaugurate new Parliament building on May 28

Source: PTI
May 18, 2023 21:39 IST
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the newly-constructed Parliament building on May 28.

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla at the new Parliament building, New Delhi, March 30, 2023. Photograph: ANI Photo

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla met Modi on Thursday and extended an invitation to inaugurate the new building, the Lok Sabha Secretariat said.

The new Parliament building can comfortably seat 888 members in the Lok Sabha chamber and 300 in the Rajya Sabha chamber, it said.

 

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 new building has been built in record time with quality construction, the Lok Sabha Secretariat said.

The present building of the Parliament was completed in 1927, and is now 96 years old.

Over the years, the old building was found to be inadequate for present day requirements.

Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha had passed resolutions urging the government to construct a new building for the Parliament.

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