No bullet train till local railway infrastructure is improved

Speaking in the aftermath of the footbridge collapse in Mumbai on September 29th, which left 23 dead and many more injured, the MNS Shiv Sena chief, Raj Thackeray said in a press conference, “Until the present infrastructure of local railways is not improved, we will not let a single brick to be placed for the bullet train in Mumbai. Why do we need terrorists or enemies like Pakistan? It seems our own Railways is enough to kill people.”
“Our Railways are enough to kill people”
He also warned the Maharashtra government that his party would not allow the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project to take off until the railway infrastructure is improved in the city.
He also questioned why the Railway Ministry had said that the rain had triggered the stampede. “It is not the first time that it has rained in Mumbai,” he added.
The MNS party has also planned a rally to the Western Railway headquarters in Churchgate area of Mumbai on October 5, questioning the poor infrastructure of railway stations. “If it is not complied with then we will act on our own,” he said. They have planned to give an ultimatum to the state government to remove hawkers who have illegally set up shops on the station bridges.