Parliament continues to be a citadel, largely unconnected to the society it is meant to represent sitting on top, rather than alongside it. The new Parliament House too does not speak the language of democratic symbolism
That Sengol was relegated to a museum corner as a “walking stick” of Nehru simply means that it was an intentional destruction of evidence to erase the historic event from national memory
“Parliament is the voice of the people! The Prime Minister is treating the inauguration of the Parliament House as a rajyabhishek (coronation),” Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet.