New Delhi, March 23 -- The Supreme Court on Monday slammed the West Bengal government over the indefinite delay in completing a crucial stretch of the Kolkata Metro's Orange Line, observing that the State was attempting to politicise a development issue and prioritising festivals over public infrastructure.

A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi said the State's conduct reflected an "obstinate attitude" aimed at stalling the metro rail project in Kolkata. The Court remarked that the State was placing festivals above its constitutional obligation to complete public infrastructure.

"For you festival is more important than development. It is not that you are willing, you are duty-bou...