While 19 opposition parties have decided to boycott Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s inauguration of the new Parliament complex, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday that not inviting President Droupadi Murmu to the event is an “insult” to the country’s highest constitutional position.
Gandhi also stated that Parliament is not built on “ego bricks,” but rather on “Constitutional values.”
“Neither having the President inaugurate Parliament nor inviting her to the ceremony is an insult to the country’s highest constitutional post.” “Parliament is built on constitutional values, not ego,” Gandhi tweeted in Hindi.
Up to 19 opposition parties, including the Congress, Left, Aam Aadmi Party, and Trinamool Congress, have stated that they will not be present for the ceremony because they believe a new structure is meaningless because Parliament no longer embodies democracy.
Earlier on Wednesday, Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill chastised Gandhi and urged him to learn how to respect his own party colleagues “before issuing an advisory on constitutional propriety.”
“Rahul Gandhi tore the ordinance in blatant media attention to humiliate the then-PM Dr. Manmohan Singh Ji, and today he is giving advice on respecting the post of President re-establishing the New Parliament?” Rahul Gandhi should first learn to respect his own party’s seniors and colleagues before issuing a constitutional propriety advisory. Shergill, a former congressman, stated on Twitter that the “vision of the party’s decision-makers is no longer in sync.”
Following an invitation from Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Modi is set to inaugurate the new Parliament building on May 28.
The President of India, according to the opposition parties, is not only the Head of State but also an essential member of Parliament because she convenes, prorogues, and addresses it. As a result, they have argued that the President, not the Prime Minister, should inaugurate the building.
