<p>Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the new Parliament building, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar on Sunday said that he was happy that he did not attend the inaugural event. </p>.<p>NCP is among the 22 political parties that had boycotted the inaugural event. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/pm-modi-treating-inauguration-of-new-parliament-building-as-coronation-rahul-gandhi-1222659.html" target="_blank">PM Modi treating inauguration of new Parliament building as coronation: Rahul Gandhi </a></strong></p>.<p>“I saw the event in the morning. I am happy I didn't go there. I am worried after seeing whatever happened there…is this what Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru thought of modern India?….are we taking the country backwards? Was this event for limited people only?" Pawar, a Rajya Sabha member, said. </p>.<p>Pawar’s daughter and NCP Baramati MP Supriya Sule said that the function is incomplete with Opposition parties. “To open a new Parliament building without Opposition makes it an incomplete event. It means there is no democracy in the country," Sule said.</p>.<p>NCP national spokesperson Clyde Crasto said: “We are a Democracy, not a monarchy. People of the country must yield power… It is saddening to see that our president, the constitutional head of our country, is not inaugurating the new Parliament building.”</p>
<p>Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the new Parliament building, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar on Sunday said that he was happy that he did not attend the inaugural event. </p>.<p>NCP is among the 22 political parties that had boycotted the inaugural event. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/pm-modi-treating-inauguration-of-new-parliament-building-as-coronation-rahul-gandhi-1222659.html" target="_blank">PM Modi treating inauguration of new Parliament building as coronation: Rahul Gandhi </a></strong></p>.<p>“I saw the event in the morning. I am happy I didn't go there. I am worried after seeing whatever happened there…is this what Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru thought of modern India?….are we taking the country backwards? Was this event for limited people only?" Pawar, a Rajya Sabha member, said. </p>.<p>Pawar’s daughter and NCP Baramati MP Supriya Sule said that the function is incomplete with Opposition parties. “To open a new Parliament building without Opposition makes it an incomplete event. It means there is no democracy in the country," Sule said.</p>.<p>NCP national spokesperson Clyde Crasto said: “We are a Democracy, not a monarchy. People of the country must yield power… It is saddening to see that our president, the constitutional head of our country, is not inaugurating the new Parliament building.”</p>