MNM chief Kamal Haasan on Sunday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi explains the rationale behind constructing a new Parliament building for about Rs 1,000 crore "when half of India is hungry due to coronavirus pandemic triggered the loss of livelihoods".
Seeking to liken the proposed construction of the new edifice to the centuries-old Great Wall of China, he claimed that ''thousands of people perished'' during its construction, but the dragon nation rulers said the wall was to ''guard'' the people.
"To protect who is a new Parliament building being constructed at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore when half of India is hungry due to the coronavirus pandemic triggered the loss of livelihoods,'' the Makkal Needhi Maiam leader asked in a tweet.
''Answer honourable elected Prime Minister,'' he said hours before kick-starting the first phase of his campaign for the Assembly polls from Madurai in southern Tamil Nadu.
Assembly elections are due during April-May 2021 in Tamil Nadu.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for a new Parliament building on 10 December.