From Modi to Sonia, politicians pay tribute to security personnel killed in 2001 Parliament attack
'Their sacrifice in face of danger will forever be etched in nation’s memory,' says PM. He was joined at tribute ceremony by Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Mallikarjun Kharge, among others.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets the family members of those who lost their lives in the 2001 Parliament attack, during a tribute ceremony at Samvidhan Sadan | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi Wednesday paid tribute to the security personnel who lost their lives fighting terrorists who attacked Parliament on 13 December 2001.
Nine people, including eight security personnel, had died in the attack. And all terrorists were killed.
Modi in his address said, “Today, we remember and pay heartfelt tributes to the brave security personnel martyred in the Parliament attack in 2001. Their courage and sacrifice in the face of danger will forever be etched in our nation’s memory.”
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Rajya Sabha Speaker and Vice-President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar, and other leaders paid tribute at Parliament House.
The same day, two persons jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery, with Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury saying they were carrying tear gas canisters. The two were overpowered by Lok Sabha members and the watch and ward staff. The House was adjourned soon after.
ThePrint’s Praveen Jain brings you pictures from the tribute ceremony.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at Samvidhan Sadan to pay tribute to victims of the 2001 Parliament attack | Praveen Jain | ThePrintPrime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and others during a tribute ceremony to pay homage to those who lost their lives in the 2001 Parliament attack on its anniversary, at the Samvidhan Sadan in New Delhi | Praveen Jain | ThePrintLok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Home Minister Amit Shah, and other senior leaders wait for Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Samvidhan Sadan, in New Delhi | Praveen Jain | ThePrintUnion Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress Leader Sonia Gandhi during the tribute ceremony | Praveen Jain | ThePrintLok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and Congress Leader Sonia Gandhi at the ceremony | Praveen Jain | ThePrintTMC leader Derek O’Brien, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Leader Sonia Gandhi and others at the Samvidhan Sadan | Praveen Jain | ThePrint(L-R) TMC leader Derek O’Brien, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP National General Secretary B.L. Santhosh, BJP National President J.P. Nadda at the tribute ceremony in honour of the victims of the 2001 Parliament attack | Praveen Jain | ThePrintCongress President Mallikarjun Kharge meets BJP leaders | Praveen Jain | ThePrintCongress President Mallikarjun Kharge, party leaders Sonia Gandhi and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury pay floral tribute to those who lost their lives in the 2001 Parliament attack | Praveen Jain | ThePrintLok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP National President J.P. Nadda, and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi at the tribute ceremony | Praveen Jain | ThePrintVice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, PM Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP National President J.P. Nadda, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and other senior leaders at the ceremony | Praveen Jain | ThePrintLok Sabha Speaker Om Birla waits for Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Samvidhan Sadan in New Delhi | Praveen Jain | ThePrintHome Minister Amit Shah, BJP National General Secretary BL Santhosh and Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh at Parliament | Praveen Jain | ThePrintVice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Parliament House Complex | Praveen Jain | ThePrintDelhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora and other officers pay tribute to Parliament attack victims | Praveen Jain | ThePrintFamily members of those who lost their lives in the 2001 Parliament attack, at the tribute ceremony at Samvidhan Sadan | Praveen Jain | ThePrintFamily members of the Parliament attack victims | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
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