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Rajya Sabha Chairman Dhankhar to Hoist National Flag at New Parliament Building
Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar is scheduled to hoist the national flag at the new Parliament building on Sunday. The flag hoisting ceremony will take place one day ahead of the five-day Parliament session commencing on Monday, which may witness parliamentary proceedings shifting from the old to the adjacent new building, news agency PTI reported.
According to the Lok Sabha Secretariat, Dhankhar will raise the flag atop the Gaja Dwar of the new Parliament building. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will be in attendance, along with Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh, Union Ministers of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghawal and V Muraleedharan, as well as leaders from various parties in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.
Congress President and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, has expressed disappointment over receiving the invitation for the flag hoisting function quite late and stated that he would not be able to attend.
Amit Shah to Attend ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’ Celebration
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to attend the ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’ celebration, commemorating the day when the erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad merged with the Indian Union on September 17, 1948. The event will take place at the Parade Grounds in the city and is being organized by the central government. This marks the second consecutive year of Shah’s participation, with last year’s celebration being the first official event organized by the Centre.
Telangana is gearing up for a day of bustling political activity tomorrow. The Telangana government will host an official function to observe September 17 as ‘National Integration Day,’ with Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao scheduled to attend. The AIMIM (All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen), led by Asaduddin Owaisi, will organize a ‘Tiranga bike rally’ followed by a public meeting on Sunday evening to commemorate ‘National Integration Day.’
Meanwhile, the Congress is currently holding its Working Committee (CWC) meeting in the city today, with an extended working committee meeting planned for Sunday. The party will host a public meeting at Tukkuguda on the city outskirts on Sunday evening, during which they will unveil their ‘guarantees’ for the upcoming Assembly polls in Telangana.
It’s worth noting that September 17 holds different significance for various political parties in Telangana. The BJP celebrates the day as ‘Telangana Liberation Day,’ commemorating the region’s freedom from the erstwhile Nizam rule.