First of all, it is too early to comment untill full TT is out. 25min delay departure doesn't mean train will be running 25min delay in all stations. Secondly, if this train patronage is mainly office goers, then the train should ideally run empty on Sunday or holidays. But i never saw Parasuram running empty. This clearly shows there are many travelers, may be more that office goers who are dependent on this train.
And i feel only small section of office goers might be affected by this, not all will be affected. But for the small section of people, it is not good to protest against speed up. If it was say, MAQ-CAN passenger or CAN-CLT passenger which is...
more... mainly for office goers, your point is valid. For an ICE which runs through entire states, the protest is not valid.