The Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar has criticised the BJP and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw for his “irresponsible” statement about AC local trains saying that the minister was blaming their party chief Sharad Pawar as they did not want to implement it at this stage and allow other parties to take credit.

"Please understand the context. Mr Pawar never opposed the AC local trains for Mumbai as a whole. He is all about modernisation and getting the best facilities for the general public. The opposition was always to the enhanced fare structure, not the train. The fare of AC trains is more than the regular local trains, which is not acceptable by the commuters. We are representing commuters and fighting for them,” said NCP national spokesperson Clyde Crasto.