New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other different prime political leaders and ministers of the nation on Friday reached the Parliament and paid their tributes to the fallen Jawans on the 23 years of the Parliament Assault. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge, Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, Union House Minister Amit Shah, Union Ministers JP Nadda, Kiren Rijiju and others paid tribute to the fallen jawans, on the Parliament, on the 23 years of the Parliament Assault.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Lok Sabha Chief of Opposition Rahul Gandhi additionally paid the floral tributes. The tributes reminded everybody concerning the horrific terror assault on the Indian Parliament on December 13, 2001.
It might be recalled that it was on December 13, 2001, that Jagdish, Matbar, Kamlesh Kumari; Nanak Chand and Rampal, Assistant Sub-Inspectors, Delhi Police; Om Prakash, Bijender Singh and Ghanshyam, Head Constables in Delhi Police; and Deshraj, a gardener, CPWD, had sacrificed their lives whereas defending the Parliament towards the terrorist assault.
The perpetrators belonged to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)– two Pakistan-raised terrorist organisations– attacked the Parliament on December 13, 2001, that led to the deaths of 5 Delhi Police personnel, two Parliament Safety Service personnel, one CRPF Constable and a gardener and led to elevated tensions between India and Pakistan, ensuing within the 2001-2002 India-Pakistan standoff.
A complete of 5 terrorists, who infiltrated the Parliament in a automobile with House Ministry and Parliament labels, had been killed on December 13, 2001 assault. Greater than 100 folks, together with main politicians, had been contained in the parliament constructing on the time. The gunmen used a faux identification sticker on the automobile they drove and thus simply breached the safety deployed across the parliamentary advanced. The terrorists carried AK47 rifles, grenade launchers and pistols.
The gunmen drove their automobile into the automobile of Indian Vice President Krishan Kant (who was within the constructing on the time), bought out, and started capturing. The Vice President’s guards and safety personnel shot again on the terrorists after which began closing the gates of the compound.
Indian safety companies and the Delhi Police officers mentioned that gunmen obtained directions from Pakistan and the operation was carried out underneath the steering of Pakistan’s Inter-Companies Intelligence (ISI) company.