PM Modi had on Monday unveiled the cast of the national emblem on top of the new Parliament building in the presence of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh.
A fresh row erupted on Tuesday over the national emblem atop the new Parliament building, with the opposition accusing the government of giving a 바카라ferocious바카라 look to the sculpture and insulting the symbol, while the BJP dismissed it as yet another 바카라conspiracy바카라 to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
PM Modi had on Monday unveiled the cast of the national emblem on top of the new Parliament building in the presence of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh.
The Opposition had hit out at Modi accusing him of flouting constitutional norms by performing Hindu rituals and not inviting opposition leaders for the event.
바카라To completely change the character and nature of the lions on Ashoka's pillar at Sarnath is nothing but a brazen insult to India바카라s National Symbol,바카라 AICC General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said.
The new statue is an adaptation of an ancient sculpture 바카라Lion Capital of Ashoka바카라 at Sarnath in Uttar Pradesh, dating back to 250 BC.
바카라Truth be told, transition from Satyameva Jayate to Sanghimeva Jayate has long been completed in spirit,바카라 Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra said.
Hitting back at the opposition, BJP chief spokesperson Anil Baluni said the real reason behind the opposition바카라s allegation was its frustration over India creating its own Parliament building under Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government, replacing the one created by the British over 150 years back.
바카라Opposition parties want to target Modi for one reason or another. It is just a conspiracy to vitiate the atmosphere by misleading people,바카라 he said.
Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said the bronze cast of the national emblem atop the new parliament building was a 바카라scaled up바카라 version of the original Sarnath emblem.
바카라If the Sarnath emblem was to be scaled up or the emblem on the new Parliament building is reduced to that size there would not be any difference,바카라 said Puri.
바카라The original Sarnath Emblem is 1.6 mtr high whereas the emblem on the top of the New Parliament Building is huge at 6.5 mtrs height,바카라 he said.
Historian S Irfan Habib also objected to the national emblem unveiled atop the new Parliament building.
"Meddling with our national emblem was totally unnecessary and avoidable. Why should our lions look ferocious and full of angst? These are Ashoka's lions adapted by independent India in 1950," Habib said.
"From Gandhi to Godse; From our national emblem with lions sitting majestically & peacefully; to the new national emblem unveiled for the top of the new Parliament building under construction at Central Vista; Angry lions with bared fangs. This is Modi's new India," senior lawyer and activist Prashant Bhushan said.
바카라There is just no change. The opposition is comparing 2D images in print to an imposing 3D structure. They have lost it,바카라 Amit Malviya, in-charge of BJP's National Information & Technology department said.
Opposition members and activists among others on Tuesday accused the government of distorting the national emblem by replacing the "graceful and regally confident" Ashokan lions with those having menacing and aggressive posture and sought immediate change.
"Narendra Modi Ji, please observe the face of the Lion, whether it is representing the statue of Great Sarnath or a distorted version of GIR lion. Please check it and if it needs, mend the same, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, said on Twitter.
"Insult to our national symbol, the majestic Ashokan Lions. Original is on the left, graceful, regally confident. The one on the right is Modi's version, put above the new Parliament building - snarling, unnecessarily aggressive and disproportionate. Shame! Change it immediately," Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Jawahar Sircar said on Twitter sharing two different images of the national emblem.