Two people broke into the meeting area of parliamentarians in India's new parliament building, lighting smoke bombs and shouting slogans. This coincides with the anniversary of the deadly attack on Parliament more than two decades ago.
Two men jumped from the corridor to the council hall on Wednesday and rushed to the Speaker's seat in the House of Commons, lawmakers said. Television footage showed two people setting off yellow smoke bombs, one of whom jumped over a bench as MPs surrounded him. The council was adjourned for about an hour.
According to the Speaker of the House of Commons, Aum Borah, security ** detained the two men, as well as others outside the building. The Ministry of the Interior has already started an investigation into the matter, and now there are a large number of security personnel around the complex.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not in parliament at the time. Earlier in the day, he and a number of other Cabinet ministers paid tribute to the security personnel killed in the Parliamentary incident of 13 December 2001. India blamed Pakistani-linked groups for the attack, an incident that brought India and Pakistan to near war.
The Press Trust of India, citing unnamed**, reported that the security incident on Wednesday was carefully coordinated and five of the six people involved were arrestedDuring the interrogation, one of the suspects said that the group had done so out of frustration with the ethnic riots in Manipur and the high unemployment rate in India.
According to local**, the two men who entered the parliament obtained visitor passes from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs, to whom Modi belongs, under the pretext of visiting the new parliament building, which was inaugurated in May. According to reports, the MP knew one of them, as he was from his constituency and frequently visited his office.
According to the Press Trust of India, a suspect outside the parliament building** shouted to reporters that she and her accomplices were fighting for their rights. "We don't belong to any organization. We are students and we are unemployed. She said.
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