Buckets for dripping water in new Parliament: Oppn takes swipes at BJP

AAP says Rs 1,200 crore Parliament building has to eventually depend on bucket worth Rs 120

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Updated At : 12:37 PM Aug 01, 2024 IST

Even last night water logging was seen at the new Parliament house's Makar Dwar.

New Delhi, August 1

Opposition parties took swipes at the ruling BJP on Thursday as a bucket was placed in the centre of the new Parliament building to collect water dripping from its roof.

"The old parliament was better than this new parliament, where even the old MPs could come and meet. Why not go back to the old parliament, at least till the time the water dripping program is going on in the parliament built with billions of rupees. People are asking whether water dripping from every new roof constructed under the BJP government is a part of their well thought out design or?" Opposition INDIA bloc's Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said today.

class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560">dir="ltr">इस नई संसद से अच्छी तो वो पुरानी संसद थी, जहाँ पुराने सांसद भी आकर मिल सकते थे। क्यों न फिर से पुरानी संसद चलें, कम-से-कम तब तक के लिए, जब तक अरबों रुपयों से बनी संसद में पानी टपकने का कार्यक्रम चल रहा है। जनता पूछ रही है कि भाजपा सरकार में बनी हर नई छत से पानी टपकना, उनकी… href="https://t.co/PpJ36k6RJm">pic.twitter.com/PpJ36k6RJm — Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) href="https://twitter.com/yadavakhilesh/status/1818855797004042433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 1, 2024

Another INDIA bloc party, AAP, tweeted the picture of the bucket in the new Parliament House. The caption read: "The new Parliament built with Rs 1200 cr has to eventually depend on a bucket worth Rs 120 ."

₹1200 करोड़ से बनकर तैयार हुई संसद को अब ₹120 की बाल्टी का ही सहारा है ⁉️ pic.twitter.com/kKlJTEK81N
— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) August 1, 2024

A heavy downpour in the national capital last evening threw life out of gear with vast parts inundated and traffic jams reported from all over the city.

Even last night water logging was seen at the new Parliament house's Makar Dwar.

Buckets for dripping water in new Parliament: Oppn takes swipes at BJP

AAP says Rs 1,200 crore Parliament building has to eventually depend on bucket worth Rs 120

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