Congress leaders pay homage to Parliament attack martyrs
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IBNS); Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party president elect Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday paid homages to those killed in militant attack while protecting the Parliament in 2001.
The Congress tweeted: "Former PM Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Congress President-Elect Rahul Gandhi pay their respects to the martyrs who died protecting the Temple of Democracy in #ParliamentAttack of 2001."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with several other MPs on Wednesday paid homage to the nation on the 16th anniversary of the Parliament attack, which occurred in 2001.
Apart from Modi, former PM Dr Manmohan Singh, Congress' outgoing President Sonia Gandhi, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan were seen to be present to pay the homage.
The 2001 attack was carried out by Islamic terrorist groups Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed leading to the death of 14 people in total.
Out of 14, five terrorists and six Delhi police personnel had died.
The attack raised tensions between the two neigbouring leading to the standoff in 2001.
Several politicians were inside the parliament, in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, when the attack took place.
Prominent politician and Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani was inside the parliament when the attack occurred.
Five terrorists had entered the Parliament in a car with labels of Home Ministry and Parliament to launch the attack.
Image: Congress Twitter page
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