New Delhi: Today 20 years have been completed since the terrorist attack on Parliament. Many soldiers were martyred while protecting the temple of democracy. Tributes were paid to those martyrs today. The program was held in the Parliament House Complex. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu paid tributes. Speaker Om Birla, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh paid tributes. Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Dr. Harivansh, Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge were present. A large number of Union Ministers and MPs also participated on this occasion.
It is worth noting that on this day in the morning of 2001, Parliament was resonated with the sound of gunshots. During this, the winter session of Parliament was going on and after the uproar by the opposition, the proceedings of the house were adjourned for about 40 minutes. The then Leader of Opposition Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had gone towards the house. About 200 MPs including Home Minister LK Advani were present inside.
At around 11.27 pm, when the Ambassador car with a red beacon carrying a sticker of the Ministry of Home Affairs came out at a high speed from the entrance number 12 of the Parliament, the security personnel posted here got suspicious. After this, as soon as the guard Jagdish Yadav followed the car, its speed increased further.
Meanwhile, at the entrance 11, the then Vice President Krishnakant was about to exit and the guards stationed in the convoy were waiting for him, when Jagdish Yadav signaled the security personnel to stop the car, they were alerted, but by then the car of the terrorists had hit the Vice President. The convoy was hit. After this, the security personnel took out their weapons and a barrage of bullets started.
Four security personnel including Jagdish Yadav were martyred on the spot. The terrorists wanted to kill the leaders by entering the Parliament at any cost, but some security personnel raised the emergency alarm of the Parliament and closed all the gates. Even after this, the security personnel took the lead and one by one all the terrorists were killed.
All the terrorists were killed in the firing that lasted for about 45 minutes, but before being killed, the terrorists tried their best to enter the Parliament and threw grenades inside the Parliament, made suicide bombings but they did not move in front of the security personnel. Afzal Guru was disappointed in every court and the death sentence remained intact. Afzal was hanged in February 2013 in Tihar Jail.