Pomp and show of India's political leaders are no less than that of Mughals

Former Lok Sabha secretary general Kashyap said the new buildings would further widen the gulf between the rich and the poor.

The plan to revamp New Delhi’s Central Vista, including a new triangular Parliament, came in for criticism from an unlikely quarter on Monday. At the launch of a book on Mahatma Gandhi, where Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat delivered the keynote address on the relevance of the Mahatma, former Lok Sabha secretary general Subhash Kashyap questioned the plan. According to some estimates, the new plan will entail an investment of Rs 20,000 crore. Kashyap said the new buildings would further widen the gulf between the rich and the poor. He said there was no need for a new building