Visakhapatnam: March 31, The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Sunday alleged the Narendra Modi government was quick to take credit for the action of the armed forces against terrorists but failed to gave them bulletproof vehicles which could have prevented the attack on a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district. Dinkar Lanka, spokesperson of TDP said that that Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated bulletproof buses for the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in September 2017, but the paramilitary force has not received them yet.

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“Due to government negligence, the attack happened on a CRPF bus in Pulawama. Sitharaman inaugurated bulletproof buses for CRPF on September 7, 2017. There are 200 such vehicles in the inventory of the Defence Ministry, but the forces haven't got them yet. Where are those buses?" he asked.

The Narendra Modi government was quick to take credit for the valor of the armed forces, but has failed to ensure their safety, he alleged. Lanka also said that his party will win more than 20 out of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh and will play a pivotal role at the Centre.

The Telugu Desam Party had won 15 seats in the 2014 elections in an alliance with the BJP and actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan's Jana Sena party. Asked if going solo in the elections will cost the TDP, Lanka said his party lost minority votes due to the alliance with the BJP in 2004. "Going solo will benefit us," He said.

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