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In Photos: VP, PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi pay tributes to Parliament attack martyrs

Updated On: 13 December, 2024 11:29 AM IST | ronak mastakar

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, several Union ministers and MPs on Friday paid floral tributes to those who laid down their lives in the 2001 terror attack on Parliament 23 years ago. (Pics/PTI)

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, several Union ministers and MPs on Friday paid floral tributes to those who laid down their lives in the 2001 terror attack on Parliament 23 years ago. (Pics/PTI)

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Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, several Union ministers and MPs on Friday paid floral tributes to those who laid down their lives in the 2001 terror attack on Parliament 23 years ago. (Pics/PTI)
<p>Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Home Minister Amit Shah, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju also paid tributes at an event organised outside the old Parliament building -- Samvidhan Sadan</p>

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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Home Minister Amit Shah, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju also paid tributes at an event organised outside the old Parliament building -- Samvidhan Sadan

<p>Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge also paid the floral tributes</p>

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Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge also paid the floral tributes

<p>CISF personnel offered salute or `salami` at the venue after a which a moment of silence was observed to mark the anniversary</p>

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CISF personnel offered salute or `salami` at the venue after a which a moment of silence was observed to mark the anniversary

<p>Till last year, the CRPF used to offer `salami shastra` (present arms)</p>

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Till last year, the CRPF used to offer `salami shastra` (present arms)

<p>The attack was carried out by five armed terrorists but personnel from Parliament Security Service, CRPF and Delhi Police foiled the attack as no terrorist was able to enter the building</p>

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The attack was carried out by five armed terrorists but personnel from Parliament Security Service, CRPF and Delhi Police foiled the attack as no terrorist was able to enter the building

<p>Several leaders were seen interacting with kin of those who were killed in the attack</p>

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Several leaders were seen interacting with kin of those who were killed in the attack

<p>Six Delhi Police personnel, two Parliament Security Service personnel, a gardener and a TV video journalist were killed in the attack</p>

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Six Delhi Police personnel, two Parliament Security Service personnel, a gardener and a TV video journalist were killed in the attack

<p>All five terrorists were gunned down in the forecourt of the then Parliament building</p>

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All five terrorists were gunned down in the forecourt of the then Parliament building

<p>It may be recalled that it was on December 13, 2001, that Jagdish, Matbar, Kamlesh Kumari; Nanak Chand and Rampal, Assistant Sub-Inspectors, Delhi Police; Om Prakash, Bijender Singh and Ghanshyam, Head Constables in Delhi Police; and Deshraj, a gardener, CPWD, had sacrificed their lives while defending the Parliament against the terrorist attack</p>

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It may be recalled that it was on December 13, 2001, that Jagdish, Matbar, Kamlesh Kumari; Nanak Chand and Rampal, Assistant Sub-Inspectors, Delhi Police; Om Prakash, Bijender Singh and Ghanshyam, Head Constables in Delhi Police; and Deshraj, a gardener, CPWD, had sacrificed their lives while defending the Parliament against the terrorist attack

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