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Mumbai attacks: Indian Parliament seeks strict action
New Delhi, Dec 10 (PTI) Dubbing the Mumbai terror strikes
as "most horrendous", the Indian Parliament Wednesday sought
strict action and all out efforts to prevent recurrence of
such attacks.
Speaker Somnath Chatterjee in the Lok Sabha and Chairman
Hamid Ansari in the Rajya Sabha condemned the Mumbai strikes
as also several other terror attacks in the north-eastern
state of Assam as both Houses met for the first day of the
third part of Monsoon Session.
"The scourge of terrorism must be countered at all levels
by the people and the government," Ansari said in the Rajya
Sabha.
Chatterjee recalled that the financial hub of the country
was paralysed due to "most horrendous" terrorist attacks at
several crowded places and prominent hotels of the city.
"The House calls for strict action and all out efforts to
prevent recurrence of such cowardly and inhuman attacks," the
Speaker said.
Both the Houses also condoled the death of former Prime
Minister V P Singh whom Chatterjee hailed as a "true friend of
the poor and deprived" and "a statesman who stood for
secularism and a casteless society."
The Rajya Sabha said in the passing away of V P Singh,
the country has lost a "patriot, a great statesman, a veteran
Parliamentarian and an able administrator."
The Lower House also condoled the death of Munawar
Hassan, a sitting member from Muzaffarnagar in the northern
state in Uttar Pradesh, Tayab Hussain, a member of the fifth
and seventh Lok Sabha and former Union minister Ajit Kumar
Panja.
Both the Houses adjourned as a mark of respect to the
departed leaders as also the victims of terror attacks after
observing a minute's silence.
"These dastardly attacks have deeply shocked the nation
and are aimed at destabilising the country," the Rajya Sabha
Chairman said adding that such incidents unite all citizens.
Both Houses recalled that 164 people, including 26
foreign nationals, lost their lives in the Mumbai attacks and
18 brave security personnel of the Mumbai police, including
the head of the Anti Terror Squad and two NSG commandos became
martyrs while fighting terrorists.
The House also condemned the serial bomb blasts in
Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar and Guwahati in Assam on
October 30 in which 89 people were killed and 477 injured.
Another bomb blast took place in a passenger train at
Diphu railway station in Assam's Karbi Anglong district on
December two in which two persons were killed and 30 injured.
The members of the Parliamentary Committee on Subordinate
Legislation were in the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai when the
attack took place on November 26.
Chatterjee said he had also conveyed the appreciation of
the House to the security forces, the state government and
employees of the Hotel for evacuating members of Parliament
and officers of the Lok Sabha Secretariat in the most
difficult circumstances. PTI SKU
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as "most horrendous", the Indian Parliament Wednesday sought
strict action and all out efforts to prevent recurrence of
such attacks.
Speaker Somnath Chatterjee in the Lok Sabha and Chairman
Hamid Ansari in the Rajya Sabha condemned the Mumbai strikes
as also several other terror attacks in the north-eastern
state of Assam as both Houses met for the first day of the
third part of Monsoon Session.
"The scourge of terrorism must be countered at all levels
by the people and the government," Ansari said in the Rajya
Sabha.
Chatterjee recalled that the financial hub of the country
was paralysed due to "most horrendous" terrorist attacks at
several crowded places and prominent hotels of the city.
"The House calls for strict action and all out efforts to
prevent recurrence of such cowardly and inhuman attacks," the
Speaker said.
Both the Houses also condoled the death of former Prime
Minister V P Singh whom Chatterjee hailed as a "true friend of
the poor and deprived" and "a statesman who stood for
secularism and a casteless society."
The Rajya Sabha said in the passing away of V P Singh,
the country has lost a "patriot, a great statesman, a veteran
Parliamentarian and an able administrator."
The Lower House also condoled the death of Munawar
Hassan, a sitting member from Muzaffarnagar in the northern
state in Uttar Pradesh, Tayab Hussain, a member of the fifth
and seventh Lok Sabha and former Union minister Ajit Kumar
Panja.
Both the Houses adjourned as a mark of respect to the
departed leaders as also the victims of terror attacks after
observing a minute's silence.
"These dastardly attacks have deeply shocked the nation
and are aimed at destabilising the country," the Rajya Sabha
Chairman said adding that such incidents unite all citizens.
Both Houses recalled that 164 people, including 26
foreign nationals, lost their lives in the Mumbai attacks and
18 brave security personnel of the Mumbai police, including
the head of the Anti Terror Squad and two NSG commandos became
martyrs while fighting terrorists.
The House also condemned the serial bomb blasts in
Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar and Guwahati in Assam on
October 30 in which 89 people were killed and 477 injured.
Another bomb blast took place in a passenger train at
Diphu railway station in Assam's Karbi Anglong district on
December two in which two persons were killed and 30 injured.
The members of the Parliamentary Committee on Subordinate
Legislation were in the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai when the
attack took place on November 26.
Chatterjee said he had also conveyed the appreciation of
the House to the security forces, the state government and
employees of the Hotel for evacuating members of Parliament
and officers of the Lok Sabha Secretariat in the most
difficult circumstances. PTI SKU
PMR
NNNN
