JD(S) Supremo Deve Gowda, TDP, BSP Among Non-BJP Parties To Attend Parliament Building Launch

BSP president Mayawati called the opposition parties' boycott "unfair" as she welcomed the forthcoming opening.

TDP, BSP To Attend Parliament Building Launch Amid Boycott Calls By Opposition

Source : PTI

New Delhi: As 19 Opposition parties announced their boycott of the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, JD(S) supremo Deve Gowda, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) said they would take part in the ceremony on May 28 in New Delhi, PTI reported.

On receiving an invitation from the Lok Sabha Secretary General, TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu instructed Rajya Sabha MP Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar to represent the party during the inauguration of the new Parliament building, a party statement said.

Currently, the TDP has one Rajya Sabha MP and three Lok Sabha MPs.

BSP president Mayawati called the opposition parties' boycott "unfair" as she welcomed the forthcoming opening. However, the Bahujan Samaj Party chief said she will not be attending the inauguration on May 28 due to some other commitments.

While announcing their boycott of the inaugural event, the opposition parties, including the Congress, Left, TMC, SP, and AAP, on Wednesday said that they find no value in the new building when the "soul of democracy has been sucked out."

In a series of tweets on Thursday, the BSP supremo said, "Be it the government of Congress party or now the BJP at the centre, the BSP has always supported them on issues related to the country and public interest. Rising above party politics and looking at it in this context, the party also supported the inauguration of the new building of the parliament on May 28, it is welcomed."

She also said the opposition parties' insistence that the new building be inaugurated by President Droupadi Murmu was "unfair."

"The government has made it, so it has the right to inaugurate it. It is also unfair to link this with the respect of a tribal woman. They should have thought of this while fielding a candidate against her instead of electing her unopposed," she said.

On Wednesday evening, ruling YSRC president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy said his party will participate in the inauguration.