The Sengol installed in the new Parliament building has been included in NCERT's Class 9 Social Science textbook. The book describes it as a marker of righteous governance, links its tradition to the Chola period and refers to its 1947 association
Stalin's jibe at the PM Narendra Modi-led dispensation seemed to be targeted at the hype around the Sengol, as the sceptre is said to be symbolic of upright governance and the upholding of justice