No blasts in last 6 years, says Javadekar but numbers debunk the claim

As many as 1,071 explosion incidents have been reported between January 2014, and March 8, 2020, in India, according to the data from SAT

“In the last six years, not a single incident of blast has taken place,” Union Minister Prakash Javadekar  said on March 7. This claim is false. More than 1,000 explosion incidents were reported in many parts of the country over the last six years, an analysis of the data recorded by South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP) revealed.
 

“What we had experienced for 10-25 years (before the Modi government came to power)? We saw bomb blasts taking place in Pune, Vadodara, Ahmednagar, Delhi, and Mumbai. Every eight to 10 days, blasts used to happen and people used to