Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, several Union ministers and MPs on Friday paid floral tributes to those who laid down their lives in the 2001 terror attack on Parliament 23 years ago. (Pics/PTI)
Updated On: 2024-12-13 11:29 AM IST
Compiled by : ronak mastakar
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Home Minister Amit Shah, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju also paid tributes at an event organised outside the old Parliament building -- Samvidhan Sadan
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge also paid the floral tributes
CISF personnel offered salute or 'salami' at the venue after a which a moment of silence was observed to mark the anniversary
Till last year, the CRPF used to offer 'salami shastra' (present arms)
The attack was carried out by five armed terrorists but personnel from Parliament Security Service, CRPF and Delhi Police foiled the attack as no terrorist was able to enter the building
Several leaders were seen interacting with kin of those who were killed in the attack
Six Delhi Police personnel, two Parliament Security Service personnel, a gardener and a TV video journalist were killed in the attack
All five terrorists were gunned down in the forecourt of the then Parliament building
It may 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 while defending the Parliament against the terrorist attack
