Another Parliament Attack: 2 people broke a major security breach in the Indian Parliament & attacked everyone with tear gas smoke canisters during the winter session
The Winter Session, 2023 of Parliament commenced on December 4 & will continue till December 22 and will have 15 sittings spread over 19 days
Major Security Breach: Parliament Attack
In a major security breach in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday – the 22nd anniversary of the Parliament attack – two intruders jumped into the Lok Sabha from the visitors’ gallery and started running around the House.
The proceedings of the Lok Sabha were suspended and the MPs started coming out of the Lok Sabha. There was a commotion as the intruder — wearing a blue jacket — was found roaming inside the Lok Sabha. The MPs and the security caught hold of the man and started interrogating them. As MPs came out of the Lok Sabha, they said the intruders were spraying some kind of gas
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram said the two men – around 20 years of age had canisters in their hands and those canisters were emitting yellow smoke.
“One of them was attempting to run towards the Speaker’s chair. They were shouting some slogans. The smoke could have been poisonous. This is a serious breach of security especially on 13th December, the day when Parliament was attacked in 2001…” Karti Chidambaram said
The incident came as a major security lapse through visitors’ pass, now what is the pass of parliament? You need a Pass to enter Parliament –
Parliament House is not open to normal visitors who wish to stroll in. You need to acquire a special visitor pass that can be acquired from the parliament security establishment. If the house is not in session, it is fairly easy to obtain the entry pass without steps
What is a Visitor’s Pass?:
There are different color passes to visit the two houses- Green is for Lok Sabha and Maroon is for Rajya Sabha. The tour of the place is open on general days between 11 am to 5 pm only
To obtain a pass for entering the official Loksabha entry session. Need official confirmation from Parliament Pass
- Reference to person for pass
- The Parliament office agrees on stamping the application
- You get your pass schedule for the next day
- From the Gate to your destination, a heavy security process is here
- Your every single material & wearables, including your phone & purse, will be kept by security
- Finally, At the official hall 12-security personnel always stay behind to avoid any kind of attack with an immediate response
Despite all of this, there was a huge mistake & lap in the security breach!
One of the two men who jumped inside the Parliament from the visitors’ gallery and threw a smoke canister has been identified as Sagar Sharma. As per his Parliament Pass, he was recommended for Parliament entry by BJP MP Pratap Simha from Mysore, The other intruder was identified as Mysuru-based Manoranjan D, an engineer by profession, reported to India Today!
The anti-terror unit special cell of the Delhi Police has arrived inside the Parliament to question the people who caused the security breach at the Lok Sabha, they have been identified as Sagar Sharma &
Lok Sabha winter session House is adjourned till 2 pm. This is certainly the worst security breach as anything could have happened & today we observed the death anniversary of people who sacrificed their lives in the 2001 (Parliament attack)…” Said by Congress Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
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