The #CentralVista redevelopment plan, which includes the building of a new parliament and a house for the prime minister, is estimated to cost Rs 20,000 crore. That the #NarendraModi government is pressing ahead with it even as India is battling unprecedented health and socioeconomic crises has sparked criticism, with political leaders and activists demanding that the money instead be used to alleviate the suffering of the poor and marginalised citizens bearing the brunt of the #coronavirus pandemic.
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