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.
"This (incident) has the silent support of Pinarayi Vijayan. The police officers are supporting the perpetrators. They have slowed down the vehicles and allowed the goons to come close to the governor's vehicle," Surendran said.
Superintendent of Police, Lakhimpur, IPS Anand Mishra and Superintendent of Police (Border-II) APS Randeep Kumar Baruah have been placed at the disposal of Manipur government to take charge of the SITs constituted for Manipur incidents with immediate effect.
Reacting to the attack on Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan's convoy allegedly by the Students' Federation of India (SFI), Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that the incident raises serious questions as to what the police were doing.