Tuesday, December 13 2005 14:22 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha today (Dec 13, 2005) paid tributes to the security personnel and others who laid down their lives foiling a terror strike on Parliament on this day four years ago.

"Four years back our Parliament was the target of a cowardly terrorist attack. The attack was foiled by the alertness displayed by security personnel of CRPF, Delhi Police, ITBP and Parliament Watch and Ward Security," Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee said.

"In their efforts to safeguard Parliament and its occupants, five security staff of Delhi Police, a woman constable of CPRF and two security assistants of Parliament Watch and Ward staff made the supreme sacrifice of laying down their lives," he said.

Condemning the attack, Rajya Sabha Chairman Bharon Singh Shehkhawat said, "We express our firm resolve to fight acts of terrorism with determination. We will not allow terrorism to impede our development."

Chatterjee also mentioned that a person from the electronic media (Vikram Singh Bisht) sustained injuries in the attack and later died.

"The solemn occasion calls for renewed efforts to combat this global terrorism. Let us, therefore, rededicate ourselves to protect the unity, integrity and sovereignty of the country from all dangers, both internal and external," the Speaker said.