Team News Riveting
New Delhi, May 24
The allies of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a scathing counterattack on Opposition parties for their decision to boycott the new Parliament building’s inauguration scheduled on Sunday.
Calling the Opposition parties’ stand a “blatant affront to democratic ethos and constitutional values of our great nation”, leaders of 14 parties of the ruling alliance in a statement urged them to reconsider their decision. “The people of India will not forget their ‘egregious insult to our democracy and to their elected representatives’ if they go ahead with their stand, the statement added.
As many as 19 opposition parties, including Congress, TMC, SP and AAP on Wednesday announced their decision to boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building. They said they find no value in a new building when the “soul of democracy has been sucked out”. The Opposition parties said Prime Minister Modi’s decision to inaugurate the new Parliament building by himself, “completely side-lining President Droupadi Murmu, is not only a grave insult but a direct assault on our democracy which demands a commensurate response”.
The NDA allies recalled the Opposition parties’ reservation for her presidential bid as the NDA candidate and said their “disrespect” shown towards her is a new low in political discourse.
