New Delhi: The previous Parliament constructing witnessed a solemn event on Wednesday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other different eminent leaders and ministers of the nation arrived to pay their respects to the Jawans who misplaced their lives within the Parliament Assault 22 years in the past. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Union House Minister Amit Shah, BJP nationwide president JP Nadda and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar additionally joined in providing their tributes to the martyrs.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi additionally met with the members of the family of the Jawans who laid down their lives within the Parliament assault on December 13, 2001. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress Parliamentary Occasion Chairperson Sonia Gandhi additionally laid the floral tributes. Congress MPs Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and different leaders have been additionally current on the event to pay their homage.
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, gave their lives whereas defending the Parliament from the terrorist assault.
The attackers belonged to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)– two terrorist organisations based mostly in Pakistan– who stormed the Parliament on December 13, 2001, killing 5 Delhi Police personnel, two Parliament Safety Service personnel, one CRPF Constable and a gardener and escalating the tensions between India and Pakistan, resulting in the 2001-2002 India-Pakistan standoff.
A complete of 5 terrorists, who entered the Parliament in a automotive with House Ministry and Parliament labels, have been gunned down within the December 13, 2001 assault. Greater than 100 folks, together with main politicians, have been contained in the parliament constructing on the time. The gunmen used a pretend id sticker on the automotive they drove and thus simply breached the safety deployed across the parliamentary advanced.
The terrorists have been armed with AK47 rifles, grenade launchers and pistols. The gunmen drove their car into the automotive of the Indian Vice President Krishan Kant (who was within the constructing on the time), bought out, and opened hearth. The Vice President’s guards and safety personnel fired again on the terrorists after which began closing the gates of the compound.
Indian safety companies and the Delhi Police officers stated that the gunmen acquired directions from Pakistan and the operation was carried out beneath the steerage of Pakistan’s Inter-Providers Intelligence (ISI) company.
