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Who is BJP MP Pratap Simha who gave LS passes to intruders? Did he know them?

Since the smoke scare incident happened, Pratap Simha has been drawing flak as the visitors' pass recovered from the intruders revealed his name.

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Wednesday’s Parliament security breach incident has become the talk of the town. From Members of Parliament to big politicians everyone has raised serious concerns over this incident. But, do you know that the accused, Sagar and Manoranjan D who jumped inside the Lok Sabha from the visitors' gallery had given passes to enter the Parliament? Shockingly, the visitors’ passes were from Pratap Simha, a BJP MP from Mysuru. When a Parliament member issues such a pass to individuals, they have to give an undertaking that they know the person.

Since the smoke scare incident happened, Pratap Simha has been drawing flak as the visitors' pass recovered from the intruders revealed his name. Though he did not issue any statement on his connection with the two intruders, he briefed the Lok Sabha Speaker that the father of one of them belonged to his constituency and sought a visitor's pass.

Simha informed the Speaker that he had no additional information about the accused intruders. One of them, Manoranjan D, was in constant touch with Simha's PA to get the visitor's pass for him and his friend Sagar.

Who is Pratap Simha, the BJP MP who gave Lok Sabha pass?

  • BJP MP Pratap Simha represents the Mysore-Kodagu constituency in the Lower House. He is a popular BJP leader in Mysuru and won both the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

  • The journalist-turned-politician made his political debut in the 2014 elections before which he was working with Kannada Prabha.

  • Simha was appointed as a Press Council of India member in 2015.

  • Pratap Simha, a Hindu nationalist, opposed celebrating Tipu Sultan's birthday, calling the Muslim ruler an Islamist icon rather than a role model.

  • He sparked outrage among animal advocates earlier this year when he called for the ruthless elimination of stray dogs, claiming people only understand the "menace" once their children are bitten. He criticised those who feed strays, dismissing such compassion as not "as big a social service as they try to project."

Amid this latest Parliament security breach incident, Pratap Simha's office said MPs generally keep such requests from the people of their constituencies.

On Wednesday at 06:15 pm, hours after the security breach, Pratap Simha posted a photo with the political science students of the Vidyavardhaka College taken on Monday -- probably to indicate how MPs receive several entry requests.

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