Tell me did any jawan from Gujarat ever become martyred: Akhilesh Yadav's shocker on Indian Army

Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday landed in a controversy when he asked if any jawan hailing from Gujarat had martyred.

“UP, Madhya Pradesh, Dakshin Bharat har jagah se shaheed huye hain, Gujarat ka koi jawan shaheed hua ho toh batao (Jawans from UP, Madhya Pradesh, South India and other parts of the country have lost their lives but tell me whether anyone has been martyred from Gujarat),” he asked ANI.

The Samajwadi Party leader, who recently faced a rout in Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections, said politics is being played in the name of nationalism and Vande Matram.