Controversy Surrounds Inauguration of India's New Parliament Building.

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a new parliament complex on Sunday, part of a $2.4 billion project to give New Delhi a distinct Indian identity by remaking British colonial-era buildings in the capital's centre. The new triangular-shaped parliament complex is just across from the heritage building built by British architects Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker in 1927. Critics see the new parliament, designed by an architect from Modi's home state of Gujarat, as an attempt to bolster his brand of nationalism as part of a personal legacy. Opposition parties have announced a boycott of the inauguration.
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