Triangular Shape, National Symbols: What The New Parliament Will Look Like The new Parliament building construction, estimated to cost Rs 971 crore, is expected to finish before the country's 75th Independence Day in 2022, but it cannot begin yet as a legal challenge to the project is pending in the Supreme Court. Updated: December 10, 2020 7:58 pm IST The new Parliament will have a triangular shape, and its interiors will have three national symbols. New Delhi: The new parliament building - the foundation stone for which was laid Thursday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi - will be the highlight of the ambitious Rs 20,000 crore Central Vista project that PM Modi said will become "a symbol of a new and self-reliant India".