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tributions of Sardar Vallabhbhai Pa-
tel, Ram Manohar Lohia, Chandra
Shekhar, Lal Krishna Advani and
others who have enriched the discus-
sions in the House and emboldened
the voice of the common citizens.
The Prime Minister recalled mo-
ments of pain when the nation lost
three Prime Ministers while still in
office- Pandit Nehru, Lal Bahadur
Shastri and Indira Gandhi.
Giving a rough estimation, the
Prime Minister informed that more
than 7500 public representatives have
served in both Houses where the
number of women representatives
is approximately 600. He informed
that Indrajit Gupta has served for
almost 43 years in this House, and
Shafiqur Rahman had served at the
age of 93 years. He also mentioned
Chandrani Murmu was elected to
the House at the age of 25.
“Parliament is where Bhagat
Singh and Battukeshwar Dutt had
created panic among the British
with their valor and courage”, PM A view of the old and new Parliament buildings, where the five-day Special Session is being held in New Delhi (ANI Photo/Shrikant Singh)
said in his speech. Recalling the
scepticism during the initial years of the past with the future”. to why this special session was called derstand the objective there.”
of the Independence about the via- “Today’s occasion is a moment as bills that the government have Congress leader KC Venugopal
bility of the new nation, the Prime of pride for the 7500 representatives been talking about could have been on the first day of the special session
Minister said that it is the strength who have derived inspiration from introduced later. “We were all a bit of Parliament said that the new Par-
of the Parliament that all the doubts within the walls of the Parliament”, confused as to why it was necessary liament building is not important
proved wrong. PM Modi said. The Prime Minister because in many ways, a lot of bills but the discussion inside it is very
Recalling the first Council of concluded his address by expressing they have been talking about could important. “The old building is very
Ministers, the prime minister re- confidence that the members will have been introduced later. But beautiful, what is the problem in
membered how BR Ambedkar in- move to the new building with great it is now becoming clear, the gov- this one? Buildings are not import-
cluded best practices from all over zeal and enthusiasm. ernment wanted to make a special ant but the discussion inside them
the world. He also mentioned the But Congress Member of Par- moment out of shifting from one is very important. Parliament is for
brilliant water policy made by Ba- liament Shashi Tharoor has said building to another. They have tried strengthening democracy and rais-
basaheb in the Nehru Cabinet. that they were all a bit confused as to do it in a special way. We can un- ing the concerns of the poor people
The Prime Minister mentioned the of the country. When you talk about
emphasis of Ambedkar over indus- building, it will never give results but
trialization for the empowerment the discussion will,” he said.
of Dalits and how Syama Prasad Congress President Mallikarjun
Mukherjee brought the first Indus- Kharge criticized the Modi govern-
trial Policy as the first Industry Min- ment in Rajya Sabha on Monday.
ister. “Change the way you do your pol-
The Prime Minister spoke about itics, nothing new will happen if we
‘Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat’ and shift to a new Parliament.”
shared historic occasions witnessed While speaking during the spe-
in the parliament from the Green cial session of Parliament, the leader
Revolution to Cash for Votes and of the Opposition said, “Constitu-
historic decisions like OROP, GST tional values earned after much sacri-
and the scrapping of Article 370. fice and difficulty. I urge the treasury
Prime Minister said that the at- to focus on improving the country’s
tack on the building was an attack conditions, show compassion and
on the Mother of Democracy itself. emphasize the importance of provid-
“It was an attack on the soul of In- ing employment opportunities.”
dia”, he said. He acknowledged the Quoting first Prime Minister
contributions of those who stood be- Jawaharlal Nehru, Kharge said that
tween the terrorists and the House the “absence of a strong Opposi-
to protect its members and paid trib- tion means that there are significant
utes to bravehearts who lost their drawbacks in the system.”
lives in the attack. The building might have changed
In his speech, the Prime Minis- Proceedings of the Rajya Sabha adjourned on the first day of Special Session of Parliament in but the bickering between the ruling
ter said that the shifting of the Par- New Delhi on Monday (ANI Photo/Sansad TV) alliance and the Opposition will con-
liament to the new building is a “link tinue in the special session.

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