People in West Bengal welcomed their first Vande Bharat express on Friday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the semi-high-speed train that will run between Howrah and New Jalpaiguri.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was visibly irked on Friday after people at Howrah Railway station here, raised Jai Shri Ram slogans upon her arrival at an event where Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually flagged off the nation s seventh Vande Bharat Express.