New Parliament building- no governor or President had been invited for laying the foundation stones in the last nine years-Sarma

With Controversy erupting over the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday reminded the opposition parties no governor or President had been invited by non-BJP governments for laying the foundation stones of or inaugurating new legislative assembly buildings in the last nine years.

In a tweet Sarma said,” no governor or President had been invited by non-BJP governments for laying the foundation stones of or inaugurating new legislative assembly buildings in the last nine years.”

He mentioned laying the foundation stone of the Assembly buildings in Jharkhand and Assam in 2014, in Andhra Pradesh in 2018, in Chhattisgarh in 2020, and in Telangana in 2023.


He said to media persons "The boycott is obvious. They opposed the construction of Parliament House. They never thought that the construction would be completed so soon. So, everything has happened like a bouncer for the Opposition. Just to save their face, they are enacting a drama of boycott...Parliament House will open on the day associated with Veer Savarkar. That might be another reason for them to oppose or boycott the function..."