‘Session to be held in new Parliament House from 2022’

Ottawa: Addressing the 25th conference of the Presiding Officers and the Chairman of Parliaments of Commonwealth Nations here, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said that in 2022, when India will celebrate the 75th anniversary of Independence, the Parliament sessions will be held in the new Parliament House.

He said the construction work of Central Vista, from Rashtrapati Bhawan to India Gate, has started. The new Parliament House and Central Vista will be constructed in a manner that will fulfill the needs of the next 250 years.

The Parliament House was constructed in 1927. It has completed 92 glorious years. The need for the new Parliament House emerged so as to provide ample space and facilities to the MPs and officials for the making of New India because the responsibilities have also increased with the new mandate, he said. (IANS)

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