PM Modi slams those who target Vande Bharat snag

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday slammed all the people, from politicians to common people, who had joked about the recent technical glitch in the Vande Bharat Express on its maiden return journey, saying they were belittling those behind the country's first indigenous semi-high speed train.

Addressing a large gathering after laying foundation stones and launching projects worth Rs 3,300 crore in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi, he said such people were humiliating hundreds of professionals, engineers and technicians who had worked relentlessly on this project and asked whether such people should be forgiven.

"It is very sad that people with negative mindset are making fun of the hard work that has gone behind the project," Modi said, asking people not to be deterred or disheartened by the attitude of a few.

He also said that he has been receiving letters complimenting the government for the indigenous project and ruing the criticism by some sections.

People not only from Uttar Pradesh but also from Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Chattisgarh will also benefit from the two cancer centres, he said.