The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Sunday likened the architecture of the new Parliament building to a coffin, drawing a sharp response from the BJP which said people will bury the Bihar party in such a coffin in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

As the new building was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the ruling party in Bihar put out a tweet that showed a coffin and the new legislature building side by side and asked, “What is this?” The BJP’s Bihar unit responded to the tweet saying, “The first picture is your future and the second is of India. Understood?” Hitting out at the RJD for the tweet, the BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP and former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi said nothing could be cheaper and shameful than this.

“They have tweeted two pictures, one of the new Parliament and the other of a coffin. The picture of the new Parliament shows the future of India. Picture of the coffin shows the future of the RJD,” he added. Lashing out at the RJD and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for protesting the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The BJP leader said that “such people” should also announce that they will never enter the new Parliament.      BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh alleged that the RJD has hurt the sentiments of 140 crore people of the country by the comparison. “It is unfortunate and condemnable. It reflects their mental bankruptcy.”

 He also accused the opposition parties of indulging in “cheap politics” at a time when there is a “festive atmosphere” in the country with the inauguration of the new Parliament building.  BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla termed the RJD’s tweet “disgusting”, while another spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said the coffin belongs to the RJD and Parliament to the country.

 “This is the level to which they have fallen. Disgusting. This will prove to be the final nail in the coffin of the RJD’s politics. Trikon or Tribhuj (triangles) has much significance in the Indian system. By the way, the coffin is hexagonal or has a six-sided polygon,” Poonawalla said on Twitter.  Bhatia said, “Today is a historic moment and the country is proud.