Kanpur: There has ensued war of words between BJP and SP on the 9-Km run of the metro rail first phase from IIT to Motijheel here from 28. It will have three coaches.
The SP claimed that it was their project. SP Spokesperson, Abdul Hafiz Gandhi said, "The proposal of metro in Kanpur was sent to Centre in April, 2016 by Samajwadi Party government. The proposal sent by the SP government was accepted and approved by the Centre.”
“The foundation stone was laid in October, 2016. So, the work of Kanpur Metro was started during the SP government.
The Yogi government is only inaugurating the projects initiated and conceptualised during the Akhilesh Yadav government.
BJP has not been able to provide development to the state. BJP’s failure on all fronts would cost dearly to it in the 2022 elections,” he added.
Refuting his claims by BJP state unit Spokesperson Rakesh Tripathi said, "The Samajwadi Party government could only conduct an eight kilometre trial of Lucknow Metro during its regime, however Lucknow Metro was properly started by the BJP Government.
Similarly, it was the BJP government which not just conducted a trial run of Kanpur Metro but also now we are going to start a proper nine kilometre first phase.
The previous SP government has indulged only in lying and were busy in commissioning all the projects and that is why most of their projects were left incomplete."
