NEW DELHI: In the historic moment of the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, the political parties got divided into two groups. Despite the principal opposition party Congress and 20 others boycotting the event, the odds were stacked in favour of the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government.
While 20 parties, including the Congress, decided to skip the event on the ground that the unveiling of the new Parliament building should have been done by President Droupadi Murmu, Asasuddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) demanded Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla to inaugurate the structure.