Parliament Attack Anniversary Unleashes Pandemonium: Breach Ignites Fury with Smoke Canisters.
Two culprits were seized for breaching the Lok Sabha chamber on Wednesday amid the Winter Session of Parliament. Concurrently, two protestors were detained outside for orchestrating a demonstration embellished with vividly colored smoke. Here’s the evolving situation.
New Delhi-Parliament Attack
A significant breach in Lok Sabha security occurred on Wednesday afternoon, coinciding with the 22nd anniversary of the notorious Parliament terror attack in 2001. This attack claimed nine lives, including eight security personnel, causing shockwaves in India as it struck at the core of democracy.
The 2001 Parliament terror attack, orchestrated by the banned Pakistan-based terror groups Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, led to the elimination of five terrorists. Ahead of the recent incident, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla paid tribute to the fallen. The Prime Minister emphasized, “Their courage and sacrifice in the face of danger will forever be etched in our memory,” while President Droupadi Murmur noted, “On this day 22 years ago, the nefarious plan of terrorists to eliminate the top line of political leadership and damage our Temple of Democracy was foiled.”
Exactly 22 years after the tragic attack on December 13, 2001, that claimed nine lives, a breach in security occurred within Parliament on Wednesday.
At approximately 11:40 am on that fateful day, five terrorists drove into the old Parliament House Complex in an Ambassador car, equipped with a red light and displaying a fake Home Ministry sticker on the windshield.
The individuals were armed with AK-47 rifles, grenade launchers, pistols, and grenades. Although both the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha had adjourned 40 minutes before the incident, numerous MPs and ministers, including then Home Minister L K Advani and Minister of State for Defense Harin Pathak, remained inside. Over 100 other MPs were also present, and miraculously, they all emerged unharmed.
Addressing the Lok Sabha afterward, Advani declared, “It is now evident that the terrorist assault on the Parliament House was executed jointly by Pakistan-based and supported terrorist outfits, namely, the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).”
