New Delhi: The main Opposition parties, including Congress, boycotted the    70th Constitution Day celebrations in the Central Hall of Parliament today.

Led by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Opposition parties stood in protest against the event to mark their protest near the statue of Father of the Constitution Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in the Parliament premises.

Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, Anand Sharma and MPs of TMC, among others stood united in protest near Dr. Ambedkar’s statue with a banner that read “Stop Murder of Democracy.”