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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi

India’s vast new parliament opened by Narendra Modi amid opposition boycott

View of India's new parliament building in New Delhi.
View of India's new parliament building in New Delhi.
Photograph: India Press Information Bureau/Reuters

India’s prime minister has inaugurated a new parliament building amid a boycott that saw at least 20 opposition parties refuse to attend the ceremony.

The vast, triangular-shaped complex in the heart of Delhi will house the upper and lower parliamentary houses. It sits adjacent to the old circular parliament building that was constructed in 1927 during the colonial era, which will now be converted into a museum.

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