"Won't Let Centre Intervene": Speaker On Parliament Security Breach

Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned shortly after they met this morning as Opposition MPs raised slogans criticising the security apparatus failure

Responding to Opposition's demand that Union Home Minister Amit Shah resign over the big security breach in Parliament yesterday, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla says that security inside the House is under the secretariat's purview and that it will not let the Centre intervene.

Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned shortly after they met this morning as Opposition MPs raised slogans criticising the security apparatus failure that led to the chaos involving two intruders yesterday.

Two men, who had entered the House as visitors, set off canisters full of coloured smoke in the Lok Sabha chamber, sparking chaos. Two others used colour smoke outside Parliament. The four have been arrested. They have told police that their objective was to highlight unemployment, farmers' issues and the Manipur unrest.