Modi is a liar, won't let a brick for the Bullet Train laid - Raj Thackeray
Raj Thackeray called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “liar” and warned that he would not allow the bullet train project till all suburban commuters’ issues are resolved. The statement came a day after 23 people were killed in a stampede at Elphinstone Railway Station in Mumbai.
“I shall not allow even a brick for the Bullet Train project to be laid. First resolve all the basic problems of Mumbai commuters. If Modi wants, let him construct it in Gujarat. If they use force, we shall also retaliate,” an agitated Thackeray claimed.
“We have never seen a Prime Minister who is such a big liar. He made big promises and then dismissed them as ‘election jumlas’. How much can a person lie in this fashion?” asked Thackeray.
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President claimed that Suresh Prabhu was replaced by Piyush Goyal as the Railway Minister only to push through the Bullet Train project.
Thackeray announced that he would lead a morcha to Churchgate on October 5 to oppose the Bullet Train plans and urged all Mumbaikars to participate too.
“Stampedes will continue to occur in Mumbai till hordes of migrants keep pouring into the city,” Thackeray said.
Thackeray said, “What you call the famed spirit of Mumbai which overcomes such tragedies is actually hopelessness in face of such calamities.”
-PTC News
