INDIA PARLIAMENT INCIDENT
level 1
An unpleasant incident happens in India’s parliament. Two people go inside.
They released yellow smoke. They shout.
Police and security quickly catch the men. They also arrest two more people outside the
building. One man is a student. He protests against unemployment.
Both houses of the parliament stop work. The incident scares many people. It happens on
the 22nd anniversary of a 2001 attack on the parliament. Gunmen kill nine officers. India
blames another group from Pakistan. The incident causes more problems with Pakistan.
Difficult words: release (to let something go or flow), unemployment (when people do not
have a job), anniversary (the day on which something important happens in the past).
level 2
A surprising incident happened in India’s parliament. Two men entered the building, released
yellow smoke, and shouted.
Both houses of parliament stopped working for some time but police and security quickly
caught the men and took them to custody. They also arrested two more people outside the
building. Reportedly, one of the men was a student who protested against unemployment.
This incident happened on the 22nd anniversary of a 2001 terror attack on the Indian
parliament, where gunmen killed nine security officers. The attack brought
more tensions between India and Pakistan.
Difficult words: unemployment (when many people are without a job), tension (a situation
when people or groups are nervous and they don’t trust each other).
level 3
In a shocking incident, two intruders entered the lower house of India’s parliament, shouting
slogans and releasing yellow smoke. Lawmakers and security quickly apprehended them.
The intruders were reportedly shouting ‘tanashahi Nehi Chaliga’, meaning ‘dictatorship will
not last’. Two more accomplices were arrested outside, with one claiming to be a protesting
student concerned about unemployment. The incident occurred while lawmakers were in
session in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the parliament. Both houses were suspended
for a short period before the session resumed.
This incident occurred on the 22nd anniversary of a 2001 deadly militant attack on the Indian
parliament, where gunmen killed nine security officers, leading to heightened tensions
between India and Pakistan.
Difficult words: apprehend (to catch or arrest), accomplice (a person who helps another
commit a crime).