Demand for Vande Bharat trains is coming from across party lines and even from cabinet ministers in the Narendra Modi government. Those making requests include Union ministers Pralhad Joshi, RK Singh, Anupriya Singh Patel, Rao Inderjit Singh and Jyotiraditya M Scindia. Congress president and Rajya Sabha member Mallikarjun Kharge has asked for a new Vande Bharat train service between Bengaluru and Mumbai.