will be installed near the chair of the speaker in the new parliament building to a walking stickshah said the congress needs to reflect on its behaviour as he denounced the partys claim that there was no evidence of the sengol being a symbol of transfer of power by the british to india in 1947why does the congress party hate indian traditions and culture so much a sacred sengol was given to pandit nehru by a holy saivite mutt from tamil nadu to symbolize indias freedom but it was banished to a museum as a walking stick shah tweetedthere should be a limit to doing politics jaishankarmeanwhile external affairs minister s jaishankar on friday described the opposition boycott as unfortunate and said there should be a limit to doing politicshe said the inauguration of the new parliament building should be celebrated as a festival by the entire nationi believe that the inauguration of the new parliament building should be taken as a festival of democracy and it should be celebrated in that spirit it should not be made a subject of controversy it is unfortunate if it becomes a subject of controversy said jaishankar who represents gujarat in rajya sabhasome people are trying to create a controversy but i believe that there should be a limit to indulging in politics at least on such occasions the entire country should come together and celebrate this festival said the union ministernadda slams oppositions dynastic leadership bjp president j p nadda also took a swipe at opposition parties saying what connects them is their dynastic leadership whose monarchic methods are at loggerheads with the principles of the constitutionthe parties boycotting the inauguration lack any commitment to democracy because their sole aim is to perpetuate a select group of dynasties he tweeted adding such an approach is an insult to the makers of the constitutionthese parties must introspect he saidbureaucrats veterans academicians condemn opposition boycottas many as 270 eminent citizens including retired bureaucrats armed forces officers and academicians have condemned the opposition political parties for boycotting the inauguration eventthe eminent citizens consisting of 88 retired bureaucrats including 10 ambassadors 100 retired armed forces officers and 82 academicians have run a signature campaign condemning the behaviour of the opposition parties an open letter titled inauguration of the new parliament building a moment of pride for india and indians has termed the oppositions arguments against attending the event skeletal immature whimsy and hollow and most of all flagrant display of nondemocratic posturing inauguration not a political partys programme rautshiv sena ubt leader sanjay raut said the inauguration is a national event and not a programme of a political party as he lashed out at bjpwe are not against the inauguration of the new parliament building we want to know why the president of india has not been invited where is the vicepresident who is the chairman of the rajya sabha speaker om birlas name figures in the invitation list raut told reportersraut wondered if