Modi inaugurates new parliament building as part of New Delhi's makeover

FILE PHOTO: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses attendees during a community event at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia May 23, 2023. AAP Image/Dean Lewins via REUTERS

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India's new parliament building on Sunday, a modern complex which is part of his Hindu nationalist government's grand plan to give a makeover to the British colonial-era architecture in the nation's capital.

The inauguration, and the ongoing revamp of the heart of New Delhi based on Indian culture, traditions, and symbols, comes a year before parliamentary elections in which Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will pitch its strong Hindu nationalist credentials, and its performance in office over the last decade, to seek a third term.