'Individual opinion': India rejects ex-Japan minister's claims on bullet train delays

MEA said that ex-Japan's minister were an "individual opinion"NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Friday dismissed claims made by a former Japanese minister blaming India for delays in the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, saying the remarks were "an individual opinion" and "at considerable variance with facts."When asked about the claims during a media briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, "It is an individual opinion and at considerable variance with facts. India-Japan discussions on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed train are, in fact, progressing well."The remarks came after former Japanese internal affairs minister Hideki Makihara, in a social media post, alleged that delays in the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Shinkansen project were due to the Indian side repeatedly fail