A day after 23 people died in a stampede on a railway bridge at Elphinstone Road station in Mumbai Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray announced a protest march against the railway administration at the western line’s railway headquarters in Churchgate on October 5.

“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,” he said, warning that “if the government tries to push it through, the MNS will oppose it in its own style”.

"I have not seen a liar such as our prime minister in my entire life. He is boasting about the bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai,” he said.

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.“This Goyal is useless, Prabhu was good,” he added as he criticised Union railway minister Piyush Goyal who recently took over the ministry from Suresh Prabhu.

In other development Five men donning Shiv Sena caps walked into the mortuary at KEM hospital on Saturday evening, roughed up Dr Harish Pathak, head of department, forensic medicine, and tried to scribble a number on his forehead.

Following the attack, workers at the hospital’s mortuary have threatened to stop work. A journalist was also threatened. Of the five, two men were taken to the police room at the hospital.

Sensing Public anger across Maharastra Goyal Railways Minisiter conducted high level meeting and said , “I have empowered GMs to spend whatever is necessary on safety. Taking a lesson from the Friday stampede at we are turning a 150 year old convention on its head, hereafter, FOBs (Foot Over Bridges) will be deemed mandatory not a passenger amenity.” To enhance safety and efficiency, 40 yards across India will be upgraded with an investment of Rs 1000 Cr including 8 yards in Mumbai region.