THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the introduction of Vande Bharat in Kerala comes the unavoidable contrarian voices questioning the move. Sandeepananda Giri, a vocal critic of the saffron party is here with another mouthful against the Vande Bharat introduction in Kerala. According to Sandeepananda, K-Rail, and Vande Bharat shouldn’t even be compared. He said Vande Bharat takes an eight-hour time to complete its journey while K-Rail completes the same in just three hours.

He also compared the prices stating K-Rail takes just Rs 1325 for the journey while Vande Bharat takes Rs 2138 added with the burden of longer time. Sandeepananda Giri's jibe at BJP came through his Facebook post. He also asked the BJP leaders to restrict any supercilious comments regarding the move.