The Trinamool chief had held the railway portfolio in the NDA government under Atal Bihari Vajpayee between 1999 and 2001, and during the Congress-led UPA-2.
The prime minister was addressing the people after inaugurating multiple metro railway projects in Kolkata, and emphasised that India now has the third-largest metro network in the world.
"Vote for us and the infiltrators will run away... We will not allow those infiltrators who are taking away the jobs of our youth and torturing women to stay in India... Some parties like TMC and Congress have succumbed to the politics of appeasement. They are encouraging infiltration onl
He visited the Jessore Road Metro Station, where he inaugurated the Noapara-Jai Hind Bimanbandar metro service from Jessore Road Metro Station and Sealdah-Esplanade metro service and the Beleghata-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay metro service.
During his visit to West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate metro railway projects in Kolkata on August 22 at around 4.15 pm. A 13.61 km-long newly constructed metro network will be inaugurated, and metro services will be launched on these routes.
Hooghly (West Bengal) [India], February 22 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated several railway projects in West Bengal including the extension of Kolkata Metro's North-South Line from Noapara to Dakshineswar, the 4.1 KM stretch constructed at a cost of Rs 464 crores.