Inaugural of New Parliament Building: 382 of 539 Lok Sabha MPs In Attendance

The inauguration of the new Parliament is the big news for today as it is a historic day for India.

However the inauguration has not been spared of controversy with several Opposition parties boycotting the event. They said that they would not attend as the President of India has not been invited. The Opposition feels that President Draupadi Murmu should have inaugurated the new Parliament building.

Let us take a look at who is attending and who is not.

Who is not attending:

Congress, AIMM, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Shiv Sena (UBT), Samajwadi Party (SP), Communist Party of India (CPI), Communist Party of India (Marxist), Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Kerala Congress (Mani),Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Trinamool Congress (TMC), Janata Dal (United), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), National Conference (NC), Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK).

Who is attending:

There are 25 parties in attendance and many are not from the BJP-led NDA. They are Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Janata Dal (Secular), Telugu Desam Party (TDP), and YSR Congress Party (YSRCP).

How many MPs are present:

Out of the 539 Lok Sabha members, 382 are present at the event. This includes 301 from the BJP. From the 238-seat Rajya Sabha, 131 are present, of which 93 are from the BJP.