Religious leaders & priests invited to Parliament inauguration but not President: Abhishek

Updated: May 28 2023 8:50PM

Religious leaders & priests invited to Parliament inauguration but not President: Abhishek

Kolkata, May 28 (PTI) TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee Sunday said that religious leaders and priests were invited to the grand inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but President of India Droupadi Murmu who is the constitutional head of the country, was not.

The TMC national general secretary questioned what was the role of religious leaders in the Parliament.

"You can surely invite them when you visit a temple, but what role do the religious leaders have in the Parliament, they are not members," the Trinamool Congress MP from Diamond Harbour constituency in West Bengal said.

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