Two males carrying fuel canisters jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber triggering a safety scare because the Home was in session on the twenty second anniversary of the 2001 Parliament assault on Wednesday. A complete of 4 individuals have been held by the police. Whereas the 2 who jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber had been held, two others had been held from exterior Parliament. Members of Parliament narrated the sequence of occasions whereas some raised questions in regards to the safety.
Elevating the difficulty of safety in Rajya Sabha, LoP Mallikarjun Kharge stated, “The difficulty could be very critical. This isn’t a query of simply Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, that is about how two individuals had been in a position to come inside regardless of such elaborate safety and trigger a safety breach.”
In response, Chairman Jadgeep Dhankhar stated, “The second I got here to find out about it, I known as the Director of Safety. I informed him to offer him an replace. The replace which he gave me on the level of time, I’ve shared with the Home. It’s a matter of concern however allow us to await particulars after which we can replicate…”
Chief of Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury stated, “Right now itself, we paid floral tribute to our courageous hearts who sacrificed their lives in the course of the Parliament assault and right now itself there was an assault right here contained in the Home. Does it show that we failed to keep up a excessive degree of safety?…All of the MPs fearlessly nabbed the 2 individuals however I need to know the place had been the safety officers when all of this occurred?…”
Samajwadi Occasion (SP) MP Dimple Yadav whereas speaking in regards to the safety breach stated, “All those that come right here – be it guests or reporters – they do not carry tags. So, I feel the federal government ought to take note of this. I feel it is a full safety lapse. Something might have occurred contained in the Lok Sabha.”
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram informed information company ANI, “Instantly two younger males round 20 years previous jumped into the Home from the customer’s gallery and had canisters of their hand. These canisters had been emitting yellow smoke. Certainly one of them was trying to run in the direction of the Speaker’s chair. They had been shouting some slogans. The smoke might have been toxic. This can be a critical breach of safety particularly on thirteenth December, the day when Parliament was attacked in 2001.”
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant stated that no person was injured within the incident.
Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla whereas narrating the incident informed ANI, “He had one thing in his hand which was emitting yellow-coloured smoke. I snatched it away and continued throwing it exterior. This can be a main safety breach.”
The Authorities has not made any official assertion on the incident to this point.
Parliament Safety Breach
Two males, each carrying smoke canisters, jumped from the guests’ gallery and bumped into the Lok Sabha chamber in the course of the Zero hour. CCTV footage from the Home confirmed one man, sporting a darkish blue shirt, leaping throughout desks as a way to evade seize. The second man was within the guests’ gallery spraying smoke.
Each males had been finally overpowered by the MPs and safety employees, as reported by NDTV.
#WATCH | An unidentified man jumps from the customer’s gallery of Lok Sabha after which there was a slight commotion and the Home was adjourned. pic.twitter.com/Fas1LQyaO4
— ANI (@ANI) December 13, 2023
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla later stated that each the boys have been nabbed and two individuals exterior Parliament, who had been protesting with colored smoke, had been additionally arrested the police.
#WATCH | Lok Sabha safety breach | Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla says “Each of them have been nabbed and the supplies with them have additionally been seized. The 2 individuals exterior the Parliament have additionally been arrested by Police…” pic.twitter.com/0CtsaKR2Rk
— ANI (@ANI) December 13, 2023
He added {that a} thorough investigation has been launched and there was no want to fret in regards to the smoke.
#WATCH | Lok Sabha safety breach | Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla says “An intensive investigation of the incident that befell throughout zero hour, is being accomplished. Important directions have additionally been given to Delhi Police. Within the major investigation, it has been discovered that it was… pic.twitter.com/GPMPAoyeLk
— ANI (@ANI) December 13, 2023