Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone and perform “Bhoomi Pujan” for the new Parliament building on December 10, reported ANI. The Speaker, who is the custodian of the Parliament building, extended a formal invitation to Modi for the foundation stone-laying ceremony.
“We started the journey of independent India in the old building, and when we complete 75 years, we will have the session of both Houses in the new Parliament building,” Birla told reporters. “It will not be a building of bricks and stones, it will be the fulfilment of the dreams of 130 crore people.”
He said that the new building, built on an area of 64,500 square metres at a cost of Rs 971 crore, will be earthquake-proof. “It will display local crafts and art from various states,” the Speaker added.
Birla said the building will have a sitting capacity for 1,224 MPs, for joint sessions, while a new office complex for all…