CM concerned over security breach in Parliament

Chennai: Chief Minister M K Stalin demanded a prompt investigation into the Parliament incident in which two persons leaped out of the visitors’ gallery into the flood of the House and even opened a yellow smoke emitting canister on Wednesday.

‘The unprecedented security breach in the parliament poses a dangerous threat to our august temple of democracy,’ Stalin said in his message on X and demanded swift action without delay. ‘

I appeal for launching a prompt  investigation, fixing accountability, and implementing measures to prevent  future lapses, ensuring the protection of this vital institution with all the might at  our command,’ he said.

TNCC President K S Alagiri said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah should take responsibility for the incident that had happened on the anniversary of the 2021 Parliament attack by terrorists that left six persons dead.

Whether the two men, who had entered the visitors’ gallery on the basis of the pass issued by a BJP MP, had links with terrorists and the real purpose of their action should be probed, Alagiri said.

PMK founder S Ramadoss said that the incident raised several questions and one of them was if the new Parliament Building had adequate security arrangements, mainly because the culprits had managed to jump into the floor of the House from the visitors’ gallery.