Kamal Haasan
Why new Parliament building when half of India hungry? Kamal Haasan asks PM
Chennai/IBNS: Hours before launching his party's campaign for 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan took a dig at Narendra Modi over the new Parliament project for which the Prime Minister had laid the foundation stone recently.
The veteran actor and founder of Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) on Sunday asked the PM in his tweet what was the need to spend so much at a time when the country is facing such acute economic crisis.
"Why a 1,000-crore new Parliament when half of India is hungry, losing livelihood due to coronavirus. When thousands died as the Great Wall of China was being built, the rulers said it was to protect people," Haasan tweeted on Saturday.
"To protect whom are you building the Rs1,000-crore Parliament? Please answer my honourable elected PM," he added.
On Dec 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the new Parliament building in New Delhi.
The New Parliament Building will be modern, state-of-the-art and energy efficient, with highly non-obtrusive security facilities to be built as a triangular-shaped building, adjacent to the present Parliament.
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