YSRCP to attend new Parliament building inauguration, BRS likely to give it a miss

It was unlikely that the YSRCP would have gone against the Modi government a day after it approved the biggest-ever tranche of funds to Andhra Pradesh since the state’s bifurcation in June 2014. The Union government on Tuesday disbursed Rs 10,460 crore as compensation for the revenue deficit the state suffered following the creation of Telangana. The funds had not been released earlier despite several visits by former CM N Chandrababu Naidu to Delhi during his tenure from 2014 to 2019 and Jagan’s frequent visits recently.

At present, the CM’s nephew and the YSRCP’s Kadapa MP Avinash Reddy is staying put in a hospital where his mother is admitted to avoid appearing before the CBI in connection with a murder case probe.

Senior BRS leaders said the party would not attend the event but the party has not yet issued an official statement. Earlier in the afternoon, BRS sources said the party might send a representative to the event if President or Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla inaugurate the new Parliament building.

Meanwhile, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi said the Lok Sabha Speaker should inaugurate the building. “The Prime Minister should show his large-heartedness and let the Lok Sabha Speaker who is the custodian of the Parliament inaugurate it. If the PM believes in the Constitution, and if he is a Constitutionalist, then it should be the Lok Sabha Speaker who should inaugurate it. The theory of separation of powers clearly tells us that the legislature is independent of the Executive and Judiciary and both should not interfere in Legislative matters. The theory of separation of powers is part of the basic structure of our Constitution. The PM should not enter into the domain of the legislature. If the Speaker inaugurates, then the AIMIM will be there but if the PM wants to inaugurate then we will be compelled to boycott it,” said the Hyderabad MP.