Claim: India has not experienced a single major terror attack since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government came to power in 2014.
Verdict: Both official and independent data provide details of a series of fatal attacks by militant groups within India since 2014. The government's own documents refer to at least two of these as being “major” attacks.
In a speech to a recent convention of India's ruling BJP, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made a bold claim.
“We have not had one major terrorist attack in this country after 2014,” she said.
“There are of course disturbances on the border,” she went on, “but the Indian Army has made sure that every attempt to come into this country is eliminated even at the border.”
The remarks have proved controversial, provoking discussion over what constitutes a “major” attack, given the large number of incidents that have taken place.
Opposition response
“Will the defence minister take the map of India and locate Pathankot and Uri?” tweeted P Chidambaram, former finance minister from the main opposition Congress party.
He was referring to two attacks on military establishments in 2016.
