PM Modi Flags Off 5 Vande Bharat Express Trains, Interacts With School Children — SEE PICS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday flagged off five Vande Bharat trains even as his trip to Madhya Pradesh was curtailed due to a warning of heavy rainfall. Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan were also present. (Image Source: PTI)

A closeup of the Prime Minister as he flaged off all five Vande Bharat Express trains. Two of the Vande Bharat trains will be for Madhya Pradesh, where Assembly polls are due by the year-end. The other three are in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Bihar. (Image Source: PTI)

PM Modi interacted with school students aboard the Vande Bharat Express train as he flagged off the superfast trains at Rani Kamalapati Railway Station in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal. In a video shared by the news agency ANI, PM Modi could be seen surrounded by school students as some of them presented their thoughts in front of him. (Image Source: PTI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was welcomed upon his arrival at the flagging-off ceremony. This will for the first time that so many Vande Bharat trains will be launched in a day. (Image Source: PTI)

Image of the supporters of PM Modi who gathered to see him at the Rani Kamlapati Railway Station in Bhopal. (Image Source: Twitter/@ANI)

Image of Ranchi-Patna Vande Bharat Express train at Patna Junction. As per the PMO, the five trains that got launched today are Rani Kamalapati-Jabalpur Vande Bharat Express, Khajuraho-Bhopal-Indore Vande Bharat Express, Madgaon (Goa)-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express, Dharwad-Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express and Hatia-Patna Vande Bharat Express. (Image Source: PTI)