New Delhi, July 17 -- Dismissing claims by a former Japanese minister blaming India for delays in the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project, India on Friday said the comments were "an individual opinion" at "considerable variance with facts".
India's reaction came after Hideki Makihara, who is Japan's former Minister, had blamed New Delhi for delays in the Indo-Japanese Shinkansen project. "The Shinkansen project in India is something I was involved with myself, but what stood out in international meetings and negotiations was the sheer recklessness of the Indian side, repeated over and over. They just don't keep promises, no matter what. Even if they make a promise, they flip it right away," he wrote.
Addressing his weekly media briefing...