Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to the martyrs of the 2001 Parliament attack.To commemorate the 14th anniversary of the Parliament attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to the martyrs at a solemn ceremony held in the premises of the Parliament. Following this, the Prime Minister also met with family members of the victims of the attack. “We remember the valour of all those who lost their lives defending the temple of democracy, on this day in 2001,” Modi posted on Twitter.
The Parliamentarians also observed silence in honour of the martyrs. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, veteran BJP leader L K Advani, Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla and Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha PJ Kurien, were among those who paid floral tributes to the martyrs. Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma, BJP MP Satyanarain Jatiya also attended the ceremony. On December 13, 2001, five heavily-armed gunmen stormed the Parliament complex and opened indiscriminate fire, killing nine persons. The martyrs included five Delhi Police personnel, a woman Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) official, two Parliament watch and ward staff, and a gardener.
