The opposition Congress on Monday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government is holding "serious discussion" to increase the strength of the Lok Sabha to 1,000.
Senior Congress leader Manish Tewari said that a decision in this regard will be executed before the 2024 General Elections.
"Don't know if it's wrong or right but friends told me that a serious discussion is being held on a proposal to increase the strength of the Lok Sabha to 1,000 or more before 2024. Architectural plan of new Parliament chamber should be tabled at Parliament," Tewari was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
This comes a day after the Congress leader's tweet where he said that the new Parliament chamber is being constructed as a 1000-seater. Tewari added that a serious public consultation is needed on the issue.
The new Parliament complex has a deadline of 2022 and will have 55 per cent additional seating capacity for MPs in its new building.