Kharge accused Modi government of disrespecting propriety by not inviting President for inauguration of new Parliament.
Published May 22, 2023 | 2:14 PM ⚊ Updated May 22, 2023 | 2:14 PM
File photo of Mallikarjun Kharge. (Twitter)
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday, 22 May accused the Modi government of repeatedly disrespecting propriety by not inviting the President and former Presidents, for the inauguration of the new Parliament building.
He also alleged that the Office of the President of India has been reduced to tokenism under the BJP-RSS government.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inaugurating the new Parliament building on 28 May, after the Speaker invited him to do so.
Kharge charged that the Modi Government ensured the election of the President of India from the Dalit and tribal communities only for electoral reasons.
While former President Ram Nath Kovind was not invited to the new Parliament foundation laying ceremony. President Droupadi Murmu is not being invited to the inauguration of the new Parliament building, the AICC president Kharge said.
Noting that the Parliament is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India, and the President is its highest Constitutional authority, he said she alone represents the government, Opposition, and every citizen alike.
“She is the First Citizen of India. Inauguration of the new Parliament building by her will symbolise the government’s commitment to democratic values and Constitutional propriety,” Kharge said.
“The Modi Government has repeatedly disrespected propriety. The Office of the President of India is reduced to tokenism under the BJP-RSS Government,” Congress president Kharge said in a series of tweets.
It looks like the Modi Govt has ensured election of President of India from the Dalit and the Tribal communities only for electoral reasons.
While Former President, Shri Kovind was not invited for the New Parliament foundation laying ceremony…
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— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) May 22, 2023
Several opposition leaders also have said that the president should inaugurate the new Parliament House building rather than the prime minister.
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