Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone and perform Bhoomi Pujan for the new Parliament building on December 10. While speaking to the media on Saturday Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said, "On December 10, the Prime Minister will perform Bhumi Pujan for the new state-of-the-art Parliament building." "There will be approximately 888 seats for Lok Sabha members and more than 326 seats for Rajya Sabha members in the new building. Lok Sabha hall will be able to accommodate 1224 members simultaneously," Speaker Om Birla said. A formal invitation to prime minister Narendra Modi has been extended by the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.

Source: dna December 05, 2020 18:00 UTC