Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav unleashed a scathing attack on the Modi government on Wednesday, slamming it for yet another catastrophic intelligence failure that allowed a deadly car bomb blast near Delhi's iconic Red Fort, where at least eight lives were lost and over 20 others left wounded in a horrifying explosion that ripped through the heart of the national capital just days ago.

The explosive incident, which unfolded on Monday evening outside the historic monument symbolizing India's independence—a site where Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers his annual Independence Day address—has ignited a national firestorm, with Yadav questioning how such a brazen terror act could evade the nation's vaunted security apparatus, leaving families shattered and the public gripped by fear in what he called a "recurring nightmare" of governmental negligence.

Speaking to a throng of reporters in Lucknow amid heightened security alerts across the country, Yadav zeroed in on Modi's recent assurance from Bhutan that swift action would be taken against the perpetrators, retorting with biting sarcasm: "We heard the Prime Minister's promises abroad, but back home, why do these intelligence blackouts keep happening? Who should we hold accountable—the sleeping spies or the system that's failing us all?" His words echoed the outrage of millions still reeling from the blast's debris-strewn aftermath.

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Yadav didn't stop at the Delhi tragedy; he urged the government to either launch immediate disciplinary crackdowns on the officials whose lapses enabled the attack or overhaul the intelligence machinery with ironclad reforms to shield citizens from future horrors, emphasizing that blind assurances won't cut it when lives are on the line and terrorists exploit the gaps with deadly precision.

Shifting gears to the high-stakes Bihar Assembly elections, Yadav dismissed recent exit polls as a blatant BJP-orchestrated psy-op designed to sap the morale of opposition foot soldiers, declaring: "These so-called polls are nothing but an agenda-driven ploy to demoralize our workers—we've instructed our cadres to ignore the noise, stay vigilant, and fight on, because the real verdict from the streets will bury these manipulations come counting day."

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