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Related: About this forumIndia's new Parliament: World's largest democracy gets a new house - WION
It's a big day for Indian democracy as india inaugurated its new Parliament building today & replaced the old Parliament which is more than 90-years-old. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the much coveted building. The new building is to keep up with India's modern requirements of a growing population as it offers space to 888 members of the Lok Sabha and 384 members of Rajya Sabha. The much talked about Sengol was placed next to the speaker's chair.
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TexasTowelie
May 2023
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Beautiful monument for a beautiful democracy. The true counterweight to Chinese influence.
Alexander Of Assyria
May 2023
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Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)1. Beautiful monument for a beautiful democracy. The true counterweight to Chinese influence.
America is so far far away, only the Pentagon has a great and unsavoury and expensive interest
it has to, how to spend a trillion a year and keep getting a free pass at every budget time?
Isnt it wonderful to o see how other nations operate their democracies, under one banner
not 50 nation States quarrelling over everything
constantly at odds over even counting the vote?!
Watch the video, amazing ceremony celebrating
democracy!
The Mother of Democracy
gets a new home
the reporter termed the moment.
.
Sikh Kirtan song of worship
@7:45m in
your daily moment of Zen!
All 60000 construction workers invited to the house they built!
lildDemz
(76 posts)2. Too bad
there's no picture. I wonder what it looks like?
Uncle Joe
(61,597 posts)3. Here is a pic, it is a beautiful building