New Delhi, Dec 13 (UNI) Vice-President and Chairman of Rajya Sabha M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and others on Monday paid floral tributes to the martyrs who laid down their lives while defending the Parliament from the terrorist attack on December 13, 2001.

It may be recalled that it was on this day in the year 2001 that Jagdish Prasad Yadav and Matbar Singh Negi, both Security Assistants of Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Kamlesh Kumari Constable, CRPF, Nanak Chand and Rampal, Assistant Sub-Inspectors of Delhi Police, Om Prakash, Bijender Singh and Ghanshyam, Head Constables Delhi Police, and Deshraj, Gardener CPWD had sacrificed their lives while defending the Parliament against the terrorist attack.

In recognition of their selfless sacrifices, Sarvashri Jagdish Prasad Yadav, Matbar Singh Negi and Kamlesh Kumari were posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra. Sarvashri Nanak Chand, Rampal, Om Prakash, Bijender Singh and Ghanshyam were posthumously awarded the Kirti Chakra.