Back in 1994, two other incidents of jumping into Lok Sabha: what happened then?

May 5, 1994

“A visitor calling himself as Prem Pal Singh Samrat, son of Shri Balaji Lal, jumped from the Visitors’ Gallery [into the chamber of Lok Sabha] and attempted to shout slogans,” Deputy Speaker S Mallikarjunaiah, informed the House.

This happened “about 11.20 am”, according to the Deputy Speaker’s statement recorded in the Parliamentary Privileges: Digest of Cases (1950-2000), Vol II, compiled by Lok Sabha Secretariat in 2001.

The man was immediately taken into custody by security officers, who interrogated him, states the record.

Mallikarjunaiah informed the House that Samrat had “made a statement and expressed regrets for his action”. Subsequently, Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs Mukul Wasnik moved a motion saying the “House resolves that the person calling himself Prem Pal Singh Samrat…has committed a grave offence and is guilty of the contempt of the House.”

However, the motion also stated that Samrat “be let off with a stern warning on the rising of the House today”. The motion was adopted.

August 24, 1994

On August 24, 1994, at 11.06 am, one Mohan Pathak, son of Hargobind Pathak, “jumped down from the Visitors’ Gallery [into the Lok Sabha chamber] and shouted slogans”, according to the “facts of the case” recorded in the Digest of Cases compiled by the Lok Sabha Secretariat.

Meanwhile, another “visitor calling himself Manmohan Singh Tiwari, son of Shri Prag Dutt, shouted slogans from the Visitors’ Gallery”, according to the record.

Both men were immediately taken into custody and interrogated by security officers. Deputy Speaker Mallikarjunaiah informed the House that “the visitors have made statements but have not expressed regrets for their action”.

This time too, Wasnik moved a motion pertaining to the incident, which was adopted by the House.

The motion noted that Pathak and Tiwari had “committed a grave offence and are guilty of the contempt of the House”, and that they should be “sentenced to rigorous imprisonment till 6.00 P.M. on 26 August, 1994, and sent to Tihar Jail, Delhi.”

Subsequently, the Speaker issued a warrant of commitment to the Tihar jail superintendent, the record states.