Parliament Security Breach: No Public Gallery Pass To Be Issued, Says Report

The Speaker has assured the MPs that the security would be reviewed.

The Secretary General of Lok Sabha has also written to the Ministry of Home Affairs over a review of security.

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New Delhi: Leaders of opposition parties on Wednesday met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla over the Parliament security breach incident. Two persons jumped down the visitors' gallery into the Lok Sabha chamber on Wednesday and opened canisters that emitted yellow smoke, triggering a security scare as the House was in session. 

According to ANI sources, the Speaker has assured the MPs that the security would be reviewed. The Secretary General of Lok Sabha has also written to the Ministry of Home Affairs over a review of security.

No passes will be issued for the public gallery till further orders, as per ANI sources. Speaker Om Birla has also seized on the matter related to issuing passes to Personal Assistants of MPs.

Leaders of political parties met Lok Sabha Speaker on today's security breach incident. The Speaker told MPs that he agreed with their concerns related to security and that the security would be reviewed. The Secretary General of Lok Sabha has written to the Ministry of Home…

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Both the intruders have been identified as Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan.

Meanwhile, the Opposition leaders blasted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the massive security breach in the Parliament. They attacked the ruling party as one of the two intruders, who caused the breach, had entered the Parliament on a visitor's pass issued in the name of BJP MP from Mysuru Pratap Simha.

According to PTI, Sharma’s pass was issued on the reference of Pratap Simha, the BJP MP from Karnataka’s Mysuru.

Earlier in the day, Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla had called an all-party meeting to discuss the security breach.

"Both of them have been nabbed and the materials with them have also been seized. The two people outside the Parliament have also been arrested by Police..." the Speaker had told the members after the House reconvened at 2 pm.

Separately, a man and a woman, identified as Neelam, 42, and Amol Shinde, 25, were detained on Wednesday while they were protesting outside the Parliament building carrying cans that emitted a yellowish and red smoke.

All four of them have been held by the police and an investigation is underway.