Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has raised the national flag at the new Parliament building in the national capital today.Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar hoists national flag at new Parliament buildingFlanked by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, the vice president hoisted the flag atop the “Gaja Dwar” of the new Parliament building.#WATCH | Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar hoists the national flag at Gaj Dwar, the New Building of Parliament. pic.twitter.com/dwlGNDfjGq— ANI (@ANI) September 17, 2023 Notably, this flag hoisting ceremony takes place before the five-day Parliament session begins Monday which may see parliamentary proceedings shift from the old building to its adjacent new building.Earlier, both speakers were separately accorded a guard id honour by the CRPFs Parliament Duty Group.Historic momentSpeaking to the media after the ceremony, Jagdeep Dhankar said, “It is a historic moment, Bharat is witnessing epochal change. The world is in total recognition of the might, power and contribution of Bharat.”Apart from the speakers of the houses, several union ministers, including Piyush Goyal, Pralhad Joshi and Arjun Ram Meghwal, attended the ceremony where leaders from other political parties were also present.Dhankhar and Birla interacted with interacted with the guests after the event as a CRPF band played in the background.Congress Kharge on flag hoistingOn Saturday, Congress president and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said that he would not be able to attend the flag hoisting function and expressed disappointment over getting the invite quite late.He wrote to Rajya Sabha Secretary General P C Mody, saying that he received the invite for the function only in the late evening of September 15. The Congress Working Committee is meeting in Hyderabad.
