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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Modi inaugurates grand new indian parliament - What They Never Told You

India's Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a new Indian parliament in a ceremony steeped in religious symbolism -- but boycotted by opposition parties.

NEW DELHI - Flanked by priests, Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a new Indian parliament on Sunday in a ceremony steeped in religious symbolism but boycotted by opposition parties.

The hexagonal new building -- shaped like a coffin, one opposition party said -- is the centrepiece of a remodelling of the heart of New Delhi by Modi aimed at ridding the Indian capital of the vestiges of British colonial rule.

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