After that other members of the Sangram Committee, Ajoy Roy, convener, Santosh Mazumdar, Moloy Bhattacharjee, Sukomal Paul, Premangshu Shekhar Paul, Madhuri Sharma, Arungshu Bhattacharjee, Ranjit Ghosh, Salim Ahmed Khan, Subrata th among others spoke against the decision to wheel-jam the passenger train in question for a day instead of its daily run. Other demands have also been raised before the area mager which include arrangement for the boarding and alighting of passengers from platform no. 1 of Hailakandi station, introduction of passenger reservation system (PRS) and ticket counters, accelerating the speed of the train in the Bakrihaor area by adopting updated technology, introduction of another pair of passenger trains on Silchar-Hailakandi-Bhairabi route as well as long run trains on this rail link.