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‘PM Modi would have inaugurated Pune metro for sixth time,’ Surpiya Sule hits out after PM cancels visit

‘PM Modi would have inaugurated Pune metro for sixth time,’ Surpiya Sule hits out after PM cancels visit

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After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Pune was cancelled on Thursday due to heavy rain, Baramati MP and leader of the Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar (NCP-SP) Supriya Sule criticised him, saying that he had already inaugurated the metro in the city five times.

Sule hit out at the PM, saying it would have been the sixth time for him to have inaugurated the project in Pune.

"The inauguration of the metro for which PM Modi was scheduled to visit Pune, has already been done five times. It would have been the sixth time if PM Modi came for the same," she said.

Further attacking the BJP-Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government, Sule said the latter should not have disturbed a busy person like PM Modi.

"This is very shocking that the Maharashtra government was seeking time from a busy person like the PM for the same task..." she added.

PM Modi was scheduled to flag off the metro train line from the District Court to Swargate in Pune and launch development projects.

Request to inaugurate metro 'online'

Sule then requested PM Modi to inaugurate the Metro online.

"So I request the PM to inaugurate Pune Metro online...it is the same project he had inaugurated five times in the past...it will help the people of Pune city and the inauguration must not wait for the next visit of the PM," she added.

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After heavy rains in the city on Wednesday, the SP College ground, which was the venue of PM Modi's programme, was waterlogged.

"The PM's visit to Pune has been cancelled and the programmeofficially postponed," Pune divisional commissioner Chandrakant Pulkundwar said.

Maharashtra Metro spokesperson Hemant Sonawane said, "The programme has been cancelled due to the orange alert (for heavy rains) issued for Thursday by the IMD. If there are rains, people coming for the programme may face hassles, so for the safety of the people, the programmehas been cancelled."

(With inputs from agencies)