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Adityanath, Akhilesh engage in Twitter war over credit for Lucknow Metro

Opposition said the former CM should have been invited for the inauguration ceremony.

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(From left) UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and UP Governor Ram Naik during a metro rail ride in Lucknow on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow

Last Updated : Sep 05 2017 | 7:55 PM IST

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath on Tuesday jointly flagged off the maiden commercial run of the Lucknow Metro rail service, touted as one of the fastest projects to be completed in India.

Ground work for beginning commercial operations along the 8.5-km long priority section began three years ago under the stewardship of the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) government. The project was considered to be one of the pet projects of the former CM.

Interestingly, the inaugural run of the service has also become a bone of contention for the two opposed camps

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