Prime Minister Narendra Modi With the Constitution in hand, they will march on foot from the old Parliament House to the new Parliament House on Tuesday. All 783 MPs will go on foot with the PM. A copy of the Constitution will also be in the hands of all the MPs. On Tuesday, the second day of the special session of Parliament, the proceedings of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will be conducted in the new Parliament House. Today it was announced in both the houses.
Time fixed for proceedings in the new Parliament House
The timing of the proceedings of the House in the new Parliament House has been fixed. In the Lok Sabha, Speaker Om Birla today adjourned the proceedings of the House and announced that the next meeting of the House will begin at 1:15 pm on Tuesday. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, while adjourning the proceedings of the Upper House, announced that the next meeting of the House will start on Tuesday at 2:15 pm. The special session of Parliament is scheduled to run from 18 to 22 September.
Lok Sabha Speaker announced that the proceedings would be conducted in the new building.
Lok Sabha Speaker on the first day of the special session of Parliament Om Birla informed the Lok Sabha that Monday is the last day of proceedings in the Parliament House and after today the proceedings of the House will be conducted in the new building. He expressed hope that all the members will enter the new Parliament House with new hopes and expectations. Birla expressed confidence that India’s democracy will reach new heights in the new building.
Lok Sabha Speaker remembered the history of the old Parliament House
Addressing the House, Birla said that the Parliament House has been a witness to the entire process of making the Constitution of India from the historical moment of independence and along with it, the glorious democratic journey of the modern nation. Recalling Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Speaker of the first Lok Sabha of independent India, Birla said that as the first Speaker of the country’s highest democratic institution, he established the Rules Committee, Privileges Committee, Business Advisory Committee and many other parliamentary committees and was the Chairman of the House. Within laid the foundation of the highest traditions.
In the last 75 years, decisions were taken collectively in the national interest amid consensus and disagreement between various parties.
Referring to the contribution of all other former Lok Sabha Speakers, Birla said that 16 Speakers before him had established the best traditions of Parliament. Describing the House as a living symbol of the culture of dialogue, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha said that in the last 75 years, despite the consensus and disagreement between various parties, decisions were taken collectively in the interest of the country and through the method of parliamentary deliberations, socio-economic changes were made in the lives of the people of the country. Laws were made for change. He said that even in times of disaster and crisis, the House has faced them with solidarity and commitment.
All MPs will take a group photo on Tuesday
All the members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will gather on Tuesday for a group photograph and then they will participate in a program to commemorate the rich heritage of Parliament and pledge to make India a developed nation by 2047. After that they will enter the new Parliament building. According to the bulletin issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, all the MPs have been invited for a group photograph at 9.30 am on Tuesday.
Three photos will be taken in the group
Three photographs will be taken in a group. In the first picture, there will be all the members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, in the second picture there will be Rajya Sabha members and in the third picture there will be members of Lok Sabha.
New identity cards issued for entry into the new Parliament House
New identity cards are being issued to MPs to enter the new Parliament building. In the present Parliament House, facilities like catering facilities in the MP Dining Room, MP Guest Dining Room, Central Hall, Media Pantry will be available till Tuesday afternoon and after that, facilities like Sangam I and Sangam II will be available at new places in the new Parliament House. But these facilities will be available.