Major lapse

In a major security breach on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament attack, four people have been detained for carrying smoke canisters emitting unidentified yellow smoke. In two separate incidents, two men, both carrying smoke canisters jumped from the visitors’ gallery and ran into the Lok Sabha chamber. In the other incident, a man and a woman were detained outside Parliament, also with coloured smoke canisters that exploded and spewed red and yellow smoke. The Union Home Ministry has ordered an inquiry into parliament security breach. A committee has been set up under Anish Dayal Singh, the Director General of the Central Reserve Police Forces, with members from other security agencies and experts. Prathap Simha, the BJP MP who signed the pass request for two men who breached parliament security today should be investigated, the INDIA bloc parties have demanded, declaring the security breach as a terrorist act. Demanding a statement on the issue from the Union Home Minister, the Opposition had walked out of the Rajya Sabha. At a meeting later, members cutting across party lines have asked for BJP MP Pratap Simha to be questioned