From Our Bureau
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police will heighten security for the opening of the new Parliament building on May 28. Roads leading to the venue will be barricaded and the boarding districts will have multi-layer security checkpoints.
Considering a few opposition parties boycotting the inauguration of the New Parliament building and the wrestlers’ protest at Jantar Mantar, Delhi Police senior officials on Thursday held a high-level meeting at Delhi Police headquarters regarding security arrangements for Sunday.
Wrestlers have given a call for demonstration outside the Parliament House complex on Sunday. Police won’t allow them to go beyond Jantar Mantar by barricading the Parliament street at all corners.
FROM ALLAHABAD MUSEUM: The ceremonial sceptre ‘Sengol’ that was given to first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru to symbolise the transfer of power in August 1947 was kept in the Nehru Gallery of the Allahabad Museum and has been moved to Delhi for its installation in the new building of Parliament, official sources said.
Made of silver with a coat of gold, the historical sceptre will be installed near the chair of the Lok Sabha Speaker on May 28, the same day the new Parliament building will be dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Vummidi Ethirajulu, 96, and Vummidi Sudhakar, 88, two people involved in the making of the original Sengol are expected to attend the new Parliament building inauguration function.
Sengol is a word derived from the Tamil word ‘Semmai’, meaning ‘righteousness.’ The ornamental sceptre is crowned with the sacred Nandi, with its unyielding gaze. The Nandi on top of the ‘Sengol’ is symbol of ‘nyaya.’ Sengol represents the same feeling that Nehru felt on August 14, 1947.
