Mamata refuses to share stage with Union Ministers at Vande Bharat inauguration, gets irked by "Jai Shri Ram" chants
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee even refued to share the stage with other Union Ministers including Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw who were present at the event.
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Kolkata, Dec 30: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was visibly irked on Friday after people at Howrah Railway station here, raised 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans upon her arrival at an event where Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually flagged off the nation's seventh Vande Bharat Express.
The West Bengal CM even refued to share the stage with other Union Ministers including Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw who were present at the event. An annoyed West Bengal CM sat beside the dais along with other government officials here as chants of "Jai Shri Ram" continued.
People in West Bengal welcomed their first Vande Bharat express on Friday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the semi-high-speed train that will run between Howrah and New Jalpaiguri.
The nation's seventh Vande Bharat express train between Howrah-New Jalpaiguri (NJP) has been flagged off through video conferencing by the Prime Minister minutes after the last rite of his mother Heeraben Modi, who passed away this morning. PM Modi took part in the flag-off from Gujarat as the train left Howrah station in Bengal.
The train will cover a distance of around 550km and will take a little more than seven and a half hours to reach its destination, with only three stoppages from Howrah to NJP. The Shatabdi also runs between the two terminals.
The Vande Bharat will run six days a week except on Wednesdays. The train will depart at 5.50 am from Howrah and reach NJP at 1.25 pm. From NJP, the train will depart at 3.05 pm and reach Howrah at 10.35 pm.
The Prime Minister was also supposed to virtually lay the foundation stone of the redevelopment project of New Jalpaiguri Railway station which will be the first international train terminal of the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was scheduled to flag off the Vande Bharat Express from Kolkata on Friday, attended the programme via video conferencing, following his mother Heeraben Modi's demise this morning.