PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the newly constructed parliament building on May 28. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla met PM Modi on Thursday and invited him to inaugurate the new parliament building. On August 5, 2019, both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha requested the government to construct a new building for the Parliament. Later on, PM Modi laid the foundation stone of the new building on December 10, 2020. The newly built Parliament House has been completed in a record time with quality work.
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The Lok Sabha Secretariat said in a statement that the new Lok Sabha building can accommodate 888 members. The present Lok Sabha building can accommodate some 543 members and the Rajya Sabha building can sit 250 members. The new parliament building is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, which will help the members to perform their duties in a better way, the Lok Sabha Secretariat said.
The statement further said, “The construction of the building is complete now and it symbolises the spirit of a self-reliant India, or “aatmanirbhar Bharat”.” In the new building, the Rajya Sabha can accommodate 300 members. The joint session of parliament will be held in the Lok Sabha chamber, which can accommodate 1,280 MPs.
The current parliament building was built in 1927, which is now going to be almost 100 years old. The lack of space was felt as per the present requirements, the Lok Sabha Secretariat said.
In both the houses, there were also lack of convenient arrangements for MPs to sit, which affected how they worked.
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