What is the Gujarat connection of the leaking parliament”Paper leak outside, water leak inside.
#News Bureau August1,2024
The BJP-ruled central government is finding itself in trouble after the Congress and Samajwadi Party posted videos of water leaking into the Parliament lobby due to heavy rains in Delhi. While Congress MP Manickam Tagore moved an adjournment motion on the issue in the Lok Sabha, Akhilesh Yadav took a dig at the BJP for spending billions on the construction of the new Parliament and demanded that the proceedings be shifted to the old building.
The new Parliament building is part of the government’s ambitious Rs 20,000 crore Central Vista redevelopment project. Which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 28, 2023. The President was not invited to this program. Earlier, when Modi himself laid the foundation stone, the President was not invited even at that time. Now the scene that has come to the fore due to the rain has forced not only the opposition but also the public to speak on social media.
“Paper leak outside, water leak inside. The recent water leak in the Parliament lobby is happening just a year after the completion of the new building,” said Congress MP Manickam Tagore.
Gujarat connection of the new Parliament building
People are asking who built the new Parliament building, what is its connection with Gujarat. The answer is yes, the new Parliament building was built by a Gujarat company. According to government documents, the Ahmedabad-based HCP Design Company of Bimal Hasmukh Patel is behind this construction. Who is called the architect of the opposition Modi. Bimal Patel’s company HCP has designed many big projects in Gujarat and especially Ahmedabad. Modi took the work of Vishwanath Dham in Varanasi and Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad from Bimal Patel. Earlier, he had also worked on Bhuj redevelopment.
In October 2019, the central government had issued an international tender for Central Vista. But the tender was passed by Patel’s company HCP Designs. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had officially told at that time that Patel’s firm would be paid Rs 229.75 crore for consultancy services, preparing the master plan of the project, which would include design, cost estimates, landscape and traffic integration plans and parking facilities. The opposition had criticized it a lot then. People had said- “He (Bimal Patel) is some architect from Gujarat who knows Modi. What does he know about Delhi or its history?”
Bimal Patel and Modi have a long history. In fact, Bimal Patel is the architect of Modi’s dreams and his go-to person for big projects. In 2005 when Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Bimal Patel was given the responsibility of the Sabarmati Riverfront project. Which became Modi’s choice for photo ops in later years. The dinner of Chinese President Xi Jinping or the celebration of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary was also held there. It was also featured in Modi’s first election campaign in 2014.
After Modi became the Prime Minister in 2014, Bimal Patel was once again given the responsibility of building the historic Kashi Vishwanath Corridor in Modi’s constituency Varanasi. The project was aimed at connecting one of the major Hindu temples to the three main ghats of the Ganges, a distance of about 320 metres, by 2021. This work was done but like Ayodhya, the whole of Banaras was destroyed. People’s centuries-old houses and many ancient temples were demolished for this corridor. The people of Varanasi did not like it. Although Modi won the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Varanasi, his victory margin was reduced to a total of 1.5 lakh votes. While it was being claimed that he had won by 10 lakh votes. Ayodhya witnessed a destruction like Banaras. The BJP lost the Faizabad Lok Sabha seat there. SP’s Avdhesh Prasad, who is a Dalit, won from there. The defeat of Faizabad i.e. Ayodhya has changed the politics of UP at this time.
When there was criticism of destroying the heritage and history of Banaras, Bimal Patel was not affected by it. In an interview, Bimal Patel said: “We should respect heritage and tradition, but should not allow ourselves to become hostage to them. Research shows that Banaras is an ancient city that has been built in many different ways by many successive generations. But what is important is to have the courage to do what is necessary.”
