A Dormant Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Chief Raj Thackeray erupted on Saturday, declaring that his party would not allow a single brick to be laid for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, said to be Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project. Addressing a press meet at his home in Dadar following Friday's Elphinstone Road station tragedy, Raj said, "If the PM wants, he can start it [the bullet train] in Ahmedabad. We will protest, in our style, any move to bring the bullet train to Mumbai."

MNSâu00c2u0080u00c2u0088chief Raj Thackeray at a press meet in Dadar. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar