Chennai, Oct. 11 -- Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay jointly flagged off the metro rail service between Porur Bypass and Poonamallee, the opposition Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) staked claims to having introduced the project during their respective tenures in power.

The IT wing of the opposition DMK said that the signature by former CM MK Stalin was not just for a train service but a signature for a generation that built Chennai's future.

"It is an unforgettable signature (of DMK President MK Stalin) in the history (of Tamil Nadu politics)," DMK IT Wing said in a social media post claiming that the Porur-Poonamallee metro stretc...