Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed Bhoomi Pujan on 10 December 2020 for the construction of the new Parliament building. Speaking on the occasion of Bhoomi Poojan, PM Modi said that how the existence of India as a democratic nation was doubted at the time of independence. Prime Minister Modi said that if work is done to fulfill the needs of the country in the old building, then the aspirations of 21st century India will be fulfilled in the new building. He said that if the old Parliament House gave direction to India after independence, then the new building would become