New Delhi. Today is the 23rd anniversary of the terrorist attack on Parliament. On 13 December 2001, terrorists attacked the Indian Parliament. Five security personnel and one sanitation worker were martyred in this attack. On this occasion, the country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to the martyrs and saluted their courage and supreme sacrifice.
Apart from PM Modi, many leaders including Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Ministers JP Nadda and Kiren Rijiju paid tribute to the martyrs. Paid tribute to. Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge also paid tribute to the martyred soldiers and said that the entire country stands against terrorists.
Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal also saluted the soldiers martyred in the Parliament attack. He wrote on Twitter, ‘Today reminds us of those brave martyrs who protected the country and the temple of our democracy by sacrificing their lives during the terrorist attack on Parliament. Huge tribute to the immortal martyrdom of all those brave soldiers.
Let us tell you that on December 13, 2001, terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed attacked the Parliament. In this attack, five Delhi Police personnel, a female employee of the Central Reserve Police Force and two employees of the Parliament were martyred while fighting the terrorists. An employee and a cameraman were also killed in the attack. Also, a total of five terrorists were killed in the attack. The terrorists had AK-47 rifles, grenade launchers and pistols.
