Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a new parliament complex on Sunday, the centrepiece of a $2.4 billion project that aims to remake British colonial-era buildings in the capital's centre and give it a distinct Indian identity.
The inauguration, and the ongoing makeover of the heart of New Delhi based on Indian culture, traditions and symbols, comes a year before parliamentary elections in which Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party will pitch its strong Hindu nationalist credentials, besides its performance in office over the last decade, to seek a third term.
The new building, Modi said when he launched its construction in December 2020 during the pandemic, "would become a witness to the creation of a self-reliant India", underlining another pet theme. But critics of Modi see the new parliament, designed by an architect from his home state of Gujarat, as an attempt to bolster his brand of nationalism as part of a personal legacy.of the inauguration. The president, the highest executive of the country, should open the new parliament and not Modi, the opposition members said.
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