The New Parliament Building has been designated as the Parliament House of India. A Lok Sabha Secretariat notification issued today said, the new building of Parliament situated in the precincts of the Parliament House, east of the existing Parliament House with Raisina road to the south and Red Cross road to the north, to be, hereon, designated as the Parliament House of India. Yesterday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led MPs across party lines in bidding farewell to the old Parliament building. Parliament proceedings will shift to the new building from today afternoon. The Lok Sabha will assume proceedings in the New Parliament Building at 1.15 PM, while the Rajya Sabha will assemble at 2.15 PM.
Hours before shifting of proceedings to the new Parliament building, Members of Parliament today gathered at the inner courtyard of the old Parliament House for a group photograph. A joint photograph was taken of Members of the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha. It was followed by a group photograph of Rajya Sabha MPs and later a group photograph of Lok Sabha MPs. Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh and former Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and HD Deve Gowda were seated in the first row. Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, Union Cabinet Ministers, leaders of parties in both houses and the secretary-general of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were seated in the front row.
