Nitish Kumar said ‘no need’ for new parliament

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Saturday that there is no need for a new Parliament building, amid calls from the opposition to boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament House. He told reporters here that the new Parliament House is an attempt to write a new history by those who had no contribution in the freedom struggle. Kumar expressed disappointment over not inviting President Draupadi and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, who is also the Rajya Sabha chairman, to the ceremony. The JD(U), of which he is a senior leader, has announced that it will boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building on Sunday. The party will observe a day-long fast here to protest against the inauguration of the new Parliament House by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“There is no need for a new Parliament building… Those who had no contribution in the country’s freedom struggle are trying to distort history. It is quite surprising that the President and Vice President of India, who The chairman, Rajya Sabha, has not been invited to the inaugural programme,” Kumar, who was a cabinet minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, told reporters here.

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“JD(U) firmly believes that the President is an important part of the country’s parliamentary system. As President, Draupadi Murmu holds the highest constitutional position in the country and has been invited by the Narendra Modi government to inaugurate the new Parliament. Should have gone.” Building,” party’s state president Umesh Singh Kushwaha told reporters here on Saturday.

When asked about not attending the Niti Aayog meeting in Delhi on Saturday, Kumar said, “It was early morning and I had other work in Patna during the day…so I could not go to Delhi.” ‘ If the meeting was held in the afternoon, I would have attended it. I sent a list of ministers and officials who could attend the meeting, but there was no response from the Centre. That’s why no representative of Bihar is attending today’s meeting.

On the Reserve Bank of India’s decision to withdraw Rs 2000 denomination notes from circulation after September 30, 2023, Kumar said, “First one thousand currency notes were withdrawn and now Rs 2000… I understand their intentions.” fail to understand”.

Asked about a possible meeting of non-BJP parties here to discuss opposition unity ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, he said, “We will talk about it later.” Kumar had met Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee in March who had asked him to organize a meeting of opposition parties in Patna in late May.