Two successive attacks on Vande Bharat Express train in West Bengal proved that the administration was "good for nothing," Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said on Wednesday.
The Vande Bharat Express window panes were broken as stones were thrown at the train connecting Howrah to New Jalpaiguri, within just four days after its launch.
Andhra Pradesh Congress leader V Gurunadham on Saturday said that people should not "insult" lord Rama by sloganeering in his name in public or during any inauguration event.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Malviya on Friday said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should start prioritising people's welfare over her "fragile ego".
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was visibly irked on Friday after the people at Howrah Railway station here, raised 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans upon her arrival at the event where Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually flagged off the nation's seventh Vande Bharat Express.
Just a short while after he performed the last rites of his mother Heeraben who passed away early this morning, PM Modi joined the event in Kolkata through video conferencing. Apologising for not being able to be present physically at the event, PM Modi said, "I was supposed to come to West
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake inauguration programmes in West Bengal and chair the National Ganga Council meeting via Video Conferencing.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was scheduled to embark on a visit to West Bengal to launch the developmental projects, may join the events through video conferencing, sources said on Friday.
Just one day before the official launch of Vande Bharat Express from Bengal, West Bengal BJP President and MP (Balurghat) Sukanta Majumadar wrote a letter to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav requesting a stoppage at Bolpur Shantiniketan Station for the express.