When Rajdhani Express plan was made in 1969, Sri Atal Bihari Vajpayee wanted the 1st Two Rajdhani Express trains to run from Bombay VT(Mumbai CSMT) to New Delhi & Bombay Central to New Delhi. But Congress Govt. made Rajdhani Express to run in Howrah to New Delhi route. Vajpayee ji remarked by saying " Yeh Rajdhani Express Yojna fail ho jayega, Kolkata se jyada bada saher(city) Bombai(Mumbai) hain"
please wait...Translate to EnglishWhen the Rajdhani Express plan was made in 1969, Atal Bihari Vajpayee wanted the first two Rajdhani Express trains to run from Bombay VT (Mumbai CSMT) to New Delhi and Bombay Central to New Delhi. But the Congress government made the Rajdhani Express run on the Howrah to New Delhi route. Vajpayee ji remarked by saying, "This Rajdhani Express plan will fail. Bombay (Mumbai) is a bigger city than Kolkata."