India, Aug. 23 -- Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha-Metro) on Saturday denied allegations that its services were deliberately disrupted near the venue of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's "Chhatron Ki Gunj" programme, calling the claims misleading.

The allegations followed reports of a metro train being stationary near RTO Metro station as many students and Congress supporters headed to the programme. Congress workers accused the BJP-led state government of deliberately stopping the train to discourage people from using the facility to reach the venue.

Congress Pune city president Prashant Jagtap alleged that the train had remained stationary for nearly an hour.

"Pune Metro, which the BJP extensively promotes and for whose ...