Rajya Sabha condemns Dhaka attack

Rajya Sabha, the upper House of Indian parliament, yesterday denounced "senseless and barbaric" acts of violence in various parts of the world, including Bangladesh and France, and asked the international community to jointly combat the scourge of terrorism.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari referred to terror attacks in various parts of the globe in June and July, which claimed several lives and left several others maimed and injured, and said the manifestation of terror in the form of terror attack in Dhaka, Nice (France), Jeddah and Qatif and the holy city of Medina, gunfights and bomb explosions in Istanbul, suicide bomber attacks in Kabul and Baghdad “have stunned the world".

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"These senseless and barbaric acts of violence across the world have shaken the conscience of humanity at large and are a grim reminder that the tentacles of terrorism are slowly spreading all over the globe. These growing terror acts are deplorable and deserve to be condemned," said Ansari, also India's vice- president.

 He said such acts only reaffirm "our resolve to fight terrorism with determination and to reiterate our call to the global community to unitedly combat and eliminate the scourge of terrorism from the world".

The Rajya Sabha chairman said loss of innocent lives and injury to hapless people in all these tragic incidents “is indeed outrageous and condemnable.”

"This House joins me in expressing our deep sorrow and sympathy and heartfelt condolences on the losses suffered by the friendly people of Turkey, Afghanistan, Iraq, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia and France and reiterate India's stand of solidarity with the government and the people of these countries in their hour of grief," he said.

The lawmakers stood up in their places and observed silence as a mark of respect to the memory of those who lost their lives in these tragedies.

The monsoon session of Indian parliament began yesterday.