LUCKNOW:  Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav took the dig at Government’s ambitious bullet train project amd has said that the priority of the country's leadership should be to ensure that bulletproof jackets are provided to its soldiers, rather than focussing on bullet trains.

While addressing to a press conference in Lucknow, Yadav said, “Today the country does not require a bullet train, it is more important that our soldiers get bulletproof jackets.”

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The remark from the SP chief comes in the wake of the heinous terror attack on a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday, in which as many as 40 jawans were killed. He also leader also raised questions over intelligence agencies and called on the central government to formulate a long term strategy for securing the country`s borders.

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Akhilesh further said, “Why is our Intelligence failing? You can`t compensate for the loss of lives. The nation stands by its security forces and jawans. If all political parties have put their political events on hold, the ruling party should do the same and form a long term strategy to secure our borders”

His comments came on a day when the security forces killed three JeM terrorists, including two top commanders believed to be behind the Pulwama terror attack, in a fierce 16-hour encounter in south Kashmir on Monday. An Army major and four security forces personnel also lost their lives in the encounter. A civilian also died in the crossfire during the gun battle in the Pinglan area of Pulwama district.