Parl bldg breach of protocol: Nitish aide

Patna, PTI 

A key aide of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday alleged that the proposed inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be a breach of protocol “to show one individual as above the country, the Constitution and the legislature”.

The new building is scheduled to be inaugurated by PM Modi on Sunday. Kumar's JD(U) is among the nearly a score of parties opposed to the BJP, which have announced a boycott of the function. In a statement issued here, senior JD(U) leader and state minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary asserted that the inauguration of the new building “should be by none other than President Droupadi Murmu”.

Asserting that “as per the Constitution, it is the President who heads the country's legislature” the JD(U) leader dubbed the boycott of the function announced by opposition parties as “justified and inevitable”.

Chaudhary, widely regarded as the “troubleshooter” of Nitish Kumar, termed as “surprising” the conspicuous absence of the name of Vice President, also the Chairman Rajya Sabha from the invitee list.