In a bizarre statement that reeks of insensitivity towards India's martyrs, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today asked why no soldier from Gujarat has died in various terror and cross-border attacks that India has recently witnessed.

"There have been martyrs from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and south India. Tell me if there has been a martyr from Gujarat," Yadav said today.

Gujarat is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state, which he governed as Chief Minister for 12-plus years before moving to Delhi in 2014 as Prime Minister.

Yadav's statement came on a day India was mourning the murder of Lieutenant Ummer Fayaz, who was abducted and killed by Kashmiri militants when he had gone to attend a family wedding in south Kashmir's Shopian district.

In the last month, dozens of Indian soldiers have been martyred in terror attacks in Kupwara (April 27) and other parts of Kashmir. In Kashmir's Krishna Ghati, two Indian soldiers were killed and their bodies mutilated by Pakistani forces on May 1.

On April 24, Naxals massacred 25 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district.

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