On Wednesday, 20 opposition political parties, including the Congress, AAP, and TMC, issued a joint statement stating that they would boycott the inauguration, with the primary reason being PM Modi’s decision to inaugurate the new Parliament building, not President Droupadi Murmu. In response, the NDA condemned the move of the opposition parties, saying their decisions over the past nine years have repeatedly shown scant regard for parliamentary procedures. While some of the opposition leaders considered this as a wrong tradition, some decided to not comment on the row.