Flag hoisting at the New Parliament building 
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RS chairman hoists national flag at new Parliament building

Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar hoists the national flag at the new Parliament building in New Delhi, flanked by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.

New Delhi | Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday hoisted the national flag at the new Parliament building here.

Flanked by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, he hoisted the flag atop the "Gaja Dwar" of the new Parliament building.

The hoisting ceremony takes place a day before the five-day Parliament session begins Monday which may see parliamentary proceedings shift from the old to the adjacent new building.

Earlier, Dhankhar and Birla were separately accorded a guard of honour by the CRPF's Parliament Duty Group.

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