PM Modi: Need to probe elements behind Parliament security breach, avoid squabbling over it | India News
PM Modi: Need to probe elements behind Parliament security breach, avoid squabbling over it | India News
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has termed the December 13 security lapse in Parliament as “sad and worrying” and said that it was important to know the elements behind this incident and their intentions.
Speaking to Hindi news daily Dainik Jagran, PM Modi said, “The gravity of the incident in Parliament should not be underestimated at all. Therefore, Speaker Sir is taking the necessary steps with full seriousness. The investigating agencies are investigating strictly. It is equally important to go into depth as to what are the elements and intentions behind this.”
The PM said it was “necessary to go into the depth of the matter so that a solution can be found”, adding that “squabbling or protesting over it should be avoided”.
The Opposition has been demanding a statement by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Parliament over the security breach on December 13 that saw two people, carrying smoke canisters, jumping from the visitors’ gallery into the chamber of the Lok Sabha. Both the people were heard chanting slogans such as ‘tana shahi nahi chalegi’ (dictatorship won’t be accepted)
They were ultimately overpowered by the Lok Sabha members and the ward staff. Around the same time two other people also released coloured smoke from canisters while shouting slogans outside the Parliament premises.
The families of the suspects say they were despondent over not getting a job. A total of six people have been arrested in connection with the incident so far.
The security breach inside Parliament came exactly 22 years after the December 13, 2001, attack on the building that had left nine dead.
