New Parliament Inauguration Ceremony To Start At 7.30 AM With Pooja. Check Full Schedule

New Parliament Inauguration: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the new Parliament building on May 28 and a seven-hour programme has been planned.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the construction work of the new Parliament building, in New Delhi

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A seven-hour programme has been planned on May 28 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the new Parliament building. The ceremony will begin with with a havan and puja and end with an address by PM Modi. 

However, the inauguration of the new Parliament building, a part of the redevelopment of Central Vista, the nation's power corridor, has run into controversy, with 20 Opposition parties deciding to boycott the event. Around 17 parties, including the TDP, BJD and Mayawati's BSP, will attend the ceremony.

The Opposition parties have argued that the inauguration by PM Narendra Modi by "sidelining" President Droupadi Murmu constituted a "grave insult and direct assault on democracy".

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New Parliament Inauguration Schedule

• The ceremony will begin with a havan and puja from 7.30 am to 8.30 am. The pandal will be set up near the Gandhi idol. Many ministers, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, will be present in this puja.
• After this, the 'Sengol', a historical sceptre from Tamil Nadu, which was given by the British to first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to represent the transfer of power, will be installed near the chair of the Speaker between 8.30 and 9.00 am.
• There will be a prayer meeting at 9-9.30 am. Many great scholars, pundits and saints, including Shankaracharya, will be present in this prayer meeting.
• The second phase of the ceremony will start at 12 noon with the national anthem. Two short films will be screened on this occasion.
• Then, the message of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and President Droupadi Murmu will be read out by the Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha.
• Then, provision has been made for an address by the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha (Mallikarjun Kharge has decided to boycott). The Lok Sabha Speaker will also address the occassion.
• A coin and stamp will also be released on this occasion. In the end, there will be an address by Prime Minister Modi. The program will end at around 2-2.30 pm.
• In December 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone of the new Parliament building.