Does India need a new Parliament building?

January 14, 2016 12:52

Like many of my fellow citizens, I am alarmed at the proposal of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha for building a new Parliament House. This is an idea that had been raised earlier. In 2008, the then Speaker of the Lok Sabha, had mooted a similar proposal but, thankfully, it did not find many takers and faded away. The danger, this time, is that even though major political parties have differences about important national issues, there seems to be a silent consensus among these parties regarding the need for a new Parliament building, with some notable exceptions.

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