The imminent inauguration of the new Parliament building by PM Narendra Modi has triggered an unsavoury slugfest between the Centre and the Opposition. The Opposition party is demanding that President Droupadi Murmu should do the honours and not the PM. In this scenario, all parties are seeking to capitalise on events that will have wide viewership and deny the same to the party in power. This is where opposition to the PM inaugurating the new Parliament building comes from. Politics today is about electoral polarisation and abandonment of the middle ground on almost every issue. PM deserved the credit for taking the initiative to build the grand monument of the 21st century which has been built in record time after he laid the foundation stone on December 10, 2020. However, now is the time for him to step back and allow the remarkable building, the embodiment of a vibrant democracy, hog all the limelight. Accepting the Opposition’s demand to invite the President to do the inauguration will only demonstrate his nobility. No controversy should be allowed to mar this momentous event.
