Now that the Telangana CM KCR has launched the new Secretariat building, the BJP is all set to launch the new Parliament building in New Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the newly constructed Parliament building to the nation on May 28, said the Lok Sabha Secretariat .
May 28 coincides with the birth anniversary of Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, popularly known as Veer Savarkar.
It is also the birth Anniversary of Legend NTR the Pride of Telugu people. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla met Prime Minister Modi and invited him to inaugurate the building.
The present building of the Parliament was built in 1927, and is now going to be almost 100 years old. The new building can accommodate 888 members in the Lok Sabha and 300 members in the Rajya Sabha.
The joint session of both the Houses will be held in the LS chamber which can seat 1,280 MPs.
“The new building is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities which will help the members to perform better,” said the Lok Sabha Secretariat.The new Parliament building will be the first purpose-designed Parliament building for India. It will house larger Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha halls, with capacities of 770 seats and 384 seats respectively.
The Lok Sabha hall will also have additional capacity, up to 1140 seats, to host joint sessions. Along with essential facilities like committee rooms, major offices of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Lok Sabha Secretariat and Rajya Sabha Secretariat, the building will also include publicly accessible museum-grade galleries and exhibits.
The central Constitution Hall and Gallery will showcase the Indian Constitution and other artefacts of India’s heritage, symbolically and physically putting people at the heart of the Indian democracy.
The design of the new Parliament building will incorporate state-of-the-art infrastructure and technology to assist the Parliament’s functions.
Furniture in the debating halls will include smart displays and biometrics for ease of voting with intuitive and graphical interface; digital language interpretation and recording infrastructure to produce real-time metadata; and programmable microphones.
The new Parliament building will work in conjunction with the present Parliament building. Its design takes reference from the present Parliament building, and other historical buildings of the Central Vista.
It will also reflect the classical, folk and tribal arts and crafts of India. The National Emblem will crown the new Parliament building.
