Opposition questions why Gujarat bus for Mumbai victory parade
A bus picked for the victory parade of the T20 World Cup winning Indian team on Mumbai’s Queen’s Necklace’ Marine Drive has sparked criticisms from the Opposition.
As per Sachin Sawant
Maharashtra Congress spokesperson, the bus used in the victory parade of the men in blue who emerged victorious in 2007 T20 World Cup was a BEST (Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply & Transport) bus.
But now a bus from Gujarat was selected for the event. Isn’t this Maharashtra’s insult? Or is it that quality buses are not made in Mumbai? Why is the chief minister silent?”
Sawant put the blame onformer Mumbai Cricket Association president and city BJP chief Ashish Shelar for bypassing the BEST bus and opting for a bus from Gujarat.
According to Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) MLA Rohit Pawar, a BEST bus should have been used for the victory procession.
We are emotionally connected with the ‘BEST’ bus.
In response to the allegations, senior state BJP minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said, It is the Indian team that has won the World Cup and not a team of Mumbai or Gujarat. Those making such divisive remarks should remember this.
The bus, manufactured by Eicher and owned by Moving Cart Entertainment, a Gujarat-based company, was registered by the Gandhinagar RTO in March 2020.
The ownerre revealed that the double-decker open-deck bus is normally stationed in Mumbai and has not been brought from Gujarat exclusively for this event.
After BEST scrapped the last few diesel-run open-deck double-decker buses in its fleet last year, the city is left with only one such bus that is owned by the state tourism body, Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC).
This is the second time the victory parade of the T20 World Cup winning Indian cricket team is being held on the Mumbai streets in an open deck bus.
In 2007, the victory parade of the team led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni was taken out from the airport to Wankhede Stadium.
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