Shiv Sena leader Deepak Kesarkar, a minister in the previous BJP-Sena government, questioned the need for a bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad and said that it was not a priority for his party, which is set to form government in the state in alliance with the NCP and Congress.  "If you have to spend Rs 3,500 (estimated cost of the Bullet train ticket) for a journey from Ahmedabad to Mumbai, (then) there is an option of flight. It was okay when Gujarat and Maharashtra were one state and Mumbai was the capital. You needed that connectivity. I can't say if this is needed in the present times. We are not opposing anything, but our first priority is farmers," Deepak Kesarkar said.

Shiv Sena leader Deepak Kesarkar, a minister in the previous BJP-Sena government, questioned the need for a bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad and said that it was not a priority for his party, which is set to form government in the state in alliance with the NCP and Congress.  "If you have to spend Rs 3,500 (estimated cost of the Bullet train ticket) for a journey from Ahmedabad to Mumbai, (then) there is an option of flight. It was okay when Gujarat and Maharashtra were one state and Mumbai was the capital. You needed that connectivity. I can't say if this is needed in the present times. We are not opposing anything, but our first priority is farmers," Deepak Kesarkar said.