The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) on May 26 hit out at the Centre for not inviting President Droupadi Murmu for the inauguration of the new Parliament building, and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi considered the new complex his “estate” as he felt it was created by him.
In an editorial in mouthpiece Saamana, the party sought to know whether BJP stalwart L.K. Advani had been invited to the event. “Has Advani, because of whom the BJP could see achhe din, been invited?” it asked.
Twenty opposition parties, including the Congress and the Sena (UBT), have announced that they would boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building at the hands of PM Modi, contending that it is the President who should do the honours. In the mouthpiece, the Sena (UBT) said the president is the head of the country and also the first citizen of India and the position should be not insulted.
