The bus then overturned multiple times and plunged into the gorge. The accident occurred around 10 a.m. on the Minas-Kwanu-Haripur route.

The standoff between Gandhi and the government began on Monday, when the former Congress chief brought a copy of a magazine article which cited Naravane’s unpublished book. Gandhi had sought to raise questions about the central government’s handling of the 2020 India-China border clashes.

Mumbai and Pune, two bustling cities of Maharashtra, are located around 191 kilometers apart by rail. Vaishnaw, however, did not give out any timeline for the upcoming high-speed rail corridor project.