The first sitting of the Lok Sabha in the new Parliament saw chaos and confusion over new technology. The opposition created a ruckus when union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal stood up to table the women's reservation bill. The opposition leaders said that they did not have a copy of the bill. The Speaker informed them that the bill has been uploaded on the tablets on each MP's bench as the Parliament is now paperless.
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Initiating the first day of the proceedings, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla urged on members to set a new standard of parliamentary debate by raising people's issues, as he extended greetings of Ganesh Chaturthi, and called the move to the new parliament house a historic event.
Birla also paid his tributes to leaders who built the nation and gave India its own constitution.
The new parliament building boasts of a palette of colours and architecture that takes its cue from everything Indian, from ancient to medieval.
The colour used in Rajya Sabha has been inspired by the shade of kokum red, while the look of Lok Sabha is based on Indian agave green with inspirations from the plumes of the Indian peacock.
The new Parliament building, inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi on May 28, has artwork narrating India's democratic traditions from the Vedic period to the present day.
(with PTI inputs)