New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stated on Friday, 22 August, taking a veiled dig at the BJP. She said that during her tenure as India's Railway Minister, she had "drawn the blueprints, arranged the funds, initiated the works and ensured that the different ends of Kolkata ( Joka, Garia, Airport, Sector V, etc) were connected by an intra-city Metro grid".

The West Bengal CM's comments on X come as PM Modi is set to inaugurate new stretches of the Kolkata metro on Friday, including the metro services connecting the Kolkata Airport.

Mamata Banerjee has decided to skip the inauguration of the three new Kolkata Metro stretches that the Prime Minister will unveil, PTI reported.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi wil...