BJP Seeks Resumption Of Local Train Services In Mumbai For Common People; Holds Protests

The party's state unit chief Chandrakant Patil, who staged a protest at Sion, said, "The financial condition of low-income groups has already worsened due to the pandemic. If these people are fully vaccinated, then they should be allowed to board the local trains."

Several BJP leaders in Maharashtra on Friday participated in protests held by the party in Mumbai to press for the demand that those common citizens, who have received both the doses of COVID-19 vaccines, be allowed to travel by suburban trains. The party's state unit chief Chandrakant Patil, who staged a protest at Sion, said, "The financial condition of low-income groups has already worsened due to the pandemic. If these people are fully vaccinated, then they should be allowed to board the local trains." The state government should not play with the lives of the common man, he said. Leader of Opposition in the state Legislative Council, Pravin Darekar, took part in a protest at Churchgate station and later travelled to Charni Road station from there.