New Delhi: BJP MP Narhari Amin fainted during the group photo session of Parliamentarians as the members of Parliament gathered for one last photo session with the old Parliament building in the background.
As soon as the MP collapsed, other members of the Parliament got water for him and checked on the MP. The MP recovered in time and participated in the photo session.
The members of Parliament are bidding one final goodbye to the old Parliament and are all set to move to the new Parliament building today (Tuesday) on September 19, on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi.
Meanwhile, the new Parliament building or from now, the Parliament of India, is all decked up to welcome the MPs. A programme in the Central Hall of (old) Parliament will mark the beginning and the first session of Parliament will be held in the House on Tuesday (September 19).
A Gazette notification issued on Monday (September 18) mentioned that the new building of Parliament will be hereon designated as the Parliament House of India.
After the photo-session, all the members of both the houses of Parliament moved to the Central Hall to bid farewell to the old Parliament building.
September 19 was termed as a "historic" day in India's ever-expanding history and Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke at length during his speech at the Central Hall of old Parliament building, proposing that the old Parliament building be called as Samvidhan Sadan, which was accepted by the House, as informed by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Prakash Birla.
Later, the members of the Parliament walked over to the new Parliament building and the special session of Parliament began with a speech by the Prime Minister in the Lok Sabha. The Prime Minister appealed all the members to support the Women's Reservation Bill named as Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam.
