New Delhi, July 29
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief and Lok Sabha MP Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday demanded answers from the Centre regarding the security lapse during the Pahalgam terror attack and questioned who would be responsible for the intelligence failure.
Speaking during the Operation Sindoor debate in the Lok Sabha, Yadav said that the country deserves to know who is behind the intelligence failure that led to major terror attacks, including Pulwama and Pahalgam.
"It is unfortunate that even after several years of Independence, such matters (terrorism) concern us. This is not about the ruling and the Opposition but about the security of the country. Why don't we make a strategy to secure our borders once and for all? However, the Pahalgam incident has proved that negligence can claim innocent lives," he said.
Questioning the security lapse, he said, "When the Pahalgam attack happened, everyone was asking why no one was there to protect them from danger. The government claimed that there would be no terrorist incidents after the abrogation of Article 370 and that tourism would flourish; people believed the government and went there (Kashmir). The biggest question is -- who will take responsibility for the security lapse? The Pahalgam attack happened because of our intelligence failure."