PM Modi tags 'Vande Bharat Express' as specimen of 'Make in India'

Derides opposition for criticising the country's first semi-high speed train

Terming the country’s first semi-high speed train ‘Vande Bharat Express’ as a specimen of ‘Make in India’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today scoffed at opposition leaders for mocking the ambitious project.

Addressing a public meeting in his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi, Modi likened the criticism as an insult of Indian engineers and technicians associated with the train project.

Lauding the employees and technicians of the Chennai Rail Coach Factory, where the train was indigenously designed and developed, the PM observed the nation was proud of their feat. “I salute the dedication of these engineers, who would in future successfully make the Bullet