Nineteen Opposition parties issued a joint statement on Wednesday saying they will skip the inauguration of the new Parliament building on May 28 since Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to unveil it and not President Droupadi Murmu. But the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) has said it won’t follow in their footsteps and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), which is engaged in an acrimonious fight against the BJP in Telangana, is holding its cards close to its chest. Both were not among the statement’s signatories.
YSRCP national general secretary V Vijay Sai Reddy said Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy would make an official announcement in a day or two. Sources in the party said Jagan would be in the national capital on May 26 and 27 to attend NITI Aayog meetings. “It has not yet been decided if the CM will stay back for a day and attend the inauguration. If not, at least a party representative will attend, that is for sure,” said a party leader.
The YSRCP has preferred to maintain a policy of equidistance from both the BJP and the Opposition and refused to get into the rest of the Opposition’s manoeuvres to unite against the Narendra Modi-led government. It is unlikely that the party would have gone against the Modi government a day after it approved the biggest-ever tranche of funds to Andhra Pradesh since the state’s bifurcation in June 2014. The Union government on Tuesday disbursed Rs 10,460 crore as compensation for the revenue deficit the state suffered following the creation of Telangana. The funds had not been released earlier despite several visits by former CM N Chandrababu Naidu to Delhi during his tenure from 2014 to 2019 and Jagan’s frequent visits recently.
Sources said the BRS might send a representative to the event if President or Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla inaugurate the new Parliament building. BRS Politburo member B Vinod said the party would make an official announcement soon.
Meanwhile, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi said the Lok Sabha Speaker should inaugurate the building. “The Prime Minister should show his large-heartedness and let the Lok Sabha Speaker who is the custodian of the Parliament inaugurate it. If the PM believes in the Constitution, and if he is a Constitutionalist, then it should be the Lok Sabha Speaker who should inaugurate it. The theory of separation of powers clearly tells us that the legislature is independent of the Executive and Judiciary and both should not interfere in Legislative matters. The theory of separation of powers is part of the basic structure of our Constitution. The PM should not enter into the domain of the legislature. If the Speaker inaugurates, then the AIMIM will be there but if the PM wants to inaugurate then we will be compelled to boycott it,” said the Hyderabad MP.
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