Talking to the media exterior Parliament, the MPs described the scenes of chaos and panic inside Lok Sabha.
“Suddenly, two young men around 20 years old jumped into the House from the visitor’s gallery and had canisters in their hands. These canisters were emitting yellow smoke. One of them was attempting to run towards the Speaker’s chair. They were shouting some slogans. The smoke could have been poisonous,” Karti Chidambaram informed the media.
Samajwadi Get together (SP) MP Dimple Yadav, who was additionally contained in the Home on the time of the incident, mentioned, “All those who come here – be it visitors or reporters – they don’t carry tags. So, I think the government should pay attention to this. I think this is a complete security lapse. Anything could have happened inside the Lok Sabha.”