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The new building will have an area of 64,500 square metres. It will also have a grand Constitution Hall to showcase India s democratic heritage, a lounge for members of Parliament, a library, multiple committee rooms, dining areas and ample parking space.
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The new building will also have a grand Constitution Hall to showcase India s democratic heritage, a lounge for members of Parliament, a library, multiple committee rooms, dining areas and ample parking space.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday will lay the foundation stone of the new Parliament building, nearly a hundred years after the foundation for the existing Parliament was laid by Duke of Connaught on February 12, 1921.