New Delhi: The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Wednesday joined a series of opposition parties and announced to boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 28. Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party, Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress and Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are among the other opposition parties that have announced to boycott the inauguration.
“We have decided to boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building… Not asking the President to inaugurate the building is an insult to her,” RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav told reporters.
Earlier in the day, RJD MP Manoj Jha said that as per the Constitutional system, the President should do the inauguration.
“This would have been as per the tradition of the Parliament system. But the Prime Minister does not listen to anyone,” he said.
He added that all the opposition parties have decided to give a message to the government that even if history is written after 20-25 years, people will still know that opposition parties had boycotted the inauguration keeping in mind that the Constitution is supreme.
Bureau Report
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