In a major security breach on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack, Congress on Wednesday demanded answers from the government on the "serious security breach" in Lok Sabha, saying does the incident "not prove that necessary precautions were not taken".
"Parliament is a temple of democracy and any such incident is condemnable. Today, 23 years back, there was an attack in the same parliament, look at the day chosen by the attackers. There is a security lapse for sure, these things need to be dealt with vigilance, and nobody should make any c
Congress workers demonstrated in front of BJP MP Pratap Simha's office in Karnataka's Mysuru, following the incident of a security breach in the Lower House of Parliament on Wednesday.
Demanding an 'urgent investigation' into the major security breach in Parliament, Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday labelled the incident as an "affront to our democratic values".
Raising concerns over the major security lapse in Parliament on the anniversary of the 2001 terror attack on the country's highest legislature, Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha on Wednesday demanded that the incident be probed and a report tabled at the earliest.
Expressing shock at the security breach in Parliament when two intruders entered the Lok Sabha chamber from the visitor gallery, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday demanded a fair investigation and disclosure of the details of the incident to the public.
After the security of Parliament was breached, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla ordered a "high-level inquiry" into the incident in which two people jumped into the house chamber from the visitor's gallery with coloured smoke canisters.
According to the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB), "A level 2 fire erupted at around 3.02 pm on Wednesday in New Hall, LTT Terminus Platform No. 1, Tilak Nagar."
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has called a meeting of floor leaders of different political parties on Wednesday to address the concerns of all parties over the Parliament security breach incident.
"Crimes against women have always been a big issue. BJP teams had reached locations where such incidents occurred. They (BJP teams) had made all efforts to get justice for the victims and their families. But Congress is in a deep slumber. Now, it will be our priority, this is clear in our 'S
According to Nai Baat, a Pakistani Urdu newspaper, at least 854 incidents took place in eleven months of this year and the Gender Crime Cell could not achieve any significant success in arresting the accused.