As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is about to inaugurate Bengaluru Metro’s Yellow Line on Sunday, the Karnataka Congress has accused the BJP of “credit score chori,” alleging that he’s taking undue credit score for the city mobility undertaking.
Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge outlined the undertaking’s timeline, from its launch to the dearth of satisfactory funding from the Centre, alleging that the BJP is now hijacking the credit score.
“I welcome Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to Karnataka for the inauguration of Yellow Line Metro. As BJP desperately tries to shift the main focus from #VoteChori to #CreditChori by hijacking the credit score for the Yellow Line section 2, let’s set the file straight,” Kharge stated.
By ‘Vote Chori’, he was alluding to the Congress’s allegation of BJP’s manipulation of voter lists, notably in Bihar and Maharashtra.
The Minister stated the Metro undertaking, launched below the UPA Authorities led by Dr Manmohan Singh with the Centre initially bearing a bigger share of prices than the state, noticed dwindling Central assist after the BJP got here to energy. This compelled Karnataka to shoulder most bills, the minister alleged.
“The Metro undertaking was launched below the UPA Authorities led by Dr Manmohan Singh. Within the first section, the UPA Authorities bore a good portion of the price, outpacing the State Authorities’s contribution. After BJP got here to energy, their dedication to the undertaking dwindled, with the Central Authorities’s share reducing drastically in subsequent phases,” Kharge wrote on social media.
He added, “In the meantime, the Karnataka Authorities has shouldered the majority of the bills, contributing over Rs 12,000 crores, masking land acquisition prices and extra bills. In stark distinction, the Central Authorities has offered a paltry Rs 8,000 crores, successfully washing its palms off its tasks. This lack of assist compelled BMRCL to take loans to cowl the remaining undertaking prices”.
The Rural Growth and Panchayat Raj Minister additional alleged that whereas Karnataka’s contributions to the Centre have grown 12 months after 12 months, the state’s returns have steadily declined, calling the Metro Yellow Line undertaking “a obvious instance” of this disparity.
“Whereas a BJP MPs is perhaps bending backwards to appease their political masters, particularly after the fiasco with Trump, the actual fact stays that Karnataka stays uncared for by Modi Authorities,” he stated.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the much-awaited Section 2 Yellow Line of Namma Metro in Bengaluru on Sunday, marking a major growth of the town’s metro community. He’ll take a metro journey to Digital Metropolis station, lay the muse stone for Section 3 (Orange Line), and tackle the gathering.
The newly opened Yellow Line, stretching over 19 km from RV Highway (Ragigudda) to Bommasandra with 16 stations, has been constructed at a value of round Rs 7,160 crore. Its launch will prolong Bengaluru’s operational metro community to over 96 km, easing visitors congestion alongside key corridors resembling Hosur Highway, Silk Board Junction, and Electronics Metropolis Junction.
Section 3 of the metro, for which the PM will lay the muse stone, will span greater than 44 km with 31 elevated stations and an estimated value of Rs 15,611 crore. The Orange Line will join residential, industrial, industrial, and academic hubs, assembly the town’s fast-growing transportation calls for.
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