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Modi opens India’s new parliament as opposition boycotts

Hindu priests hand over a golden royal sceptre to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be installed near the chair of the speaker during the start of the inauguration of the new parliament building in New Delhi on May 28, 2023. [AP Photo]

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a new parliament building in New Delhi in a grand ceremony boycotted by more than a dozen opposition parties.

Modi opened the new parliament house, which he called “a cradle of empowerment”, on Sunday by offering prayers as Hindu priests chanted religious hymns at the start of the ceremony.

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