India will never forget the cowardly attack on its Parliament said PM Narendra Modi paying tributes to brave martyrs who laid down their lives in the Parliament attack on this day in 2001.
“We will never forget the cowardly attack on our Parliament on this day in 2001. We recall the valour and sacrifice of those who lost their lives protecting our Parliament. India will always be thankful to them,” PM Modi tweeted.
President Ram Nath Kovind tweeted, “The nation gratefully remembers the brave martyrs who laid down their lives defending the Parliament on this day in 2001. While commemorating the great sacrifice of those defenders of the temple of our democracy, we strengthen our resolve to defeat the forces of terror.”
The terror attack led to the deaths of nine persons including six Delhi Police, two Parliament Security Service personnel and a gardener while 18 were injured. All the five terrorists belongs to the two Pakistan-raised terrorist organisations- Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed and were killed by security forces. This led high tensions between India and Pakistan resulting in the 2001–02 India–Pakistan standoff.