22 years of parliament attack pm modi amit shah sonia gandhi and other leaders pay tributes to fallen jawans

22 years of parliament attack pm modi amit shah sonia gandhi and other leaders pay tributes to fallen jawans

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tribute to the brave security personnel who laid down their lives in the 2001 terror attack on Parliament. Along with him, Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla, Union home minister Amit Shah, BJP national president JP Nadda and other leaders, paid tributes to the fallen jawans at the parliament and observed a minute's silence.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, party parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and other leaders were also present.

Taking to X, PM Modi 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.’

President Droupadi Murmu also paid tribute to those who died in the terror attack on Parliament. She asserted that the nation will forever be indebted to the brave security personnel who died in the 2001 terror attack. In her post on X, she asked all to reiterate the pledge to wipe out terrorism.

‘On this day, 22 years ago, the nefarious plan of terrorists to eliminate the top line of political leadership of the country and damage our Temple of Democracy was foiled by the brave security personnel, including the nine who laid down their lives for the motherland,’ Murmu said in a post on X.'

‘Their sacrifice will not be allowed to go in vain as we reiterate today our pledge to wipe out terrorism - a threat to humankind everywhere - in all its forms and manifestations,’ the President said.

Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha also paid tributes to the martyrs who sacrificed their lives.

22 years ago on this day, around five heavily armed terrorists of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed outfits, stormed the Parliament complex killing nine people. Later, all the terrorists were gunned down by the security forces. In the attack, five Delhi Police personnel, a CRPF official, two Parliament watch and ward staff and a gardener lost their lives.