PM Modi in Delhi live updates: Arvind Kejriwal says RRTS inauguration a symbol of AAP's work for people
- PM Modi in Delhi: PM Modi repeats ‘aapda’ attack on Aam Aadmi Party at a rally in Rohini, accuses Kejriwal-led party of ‘wasting’ 10 years; Kejriwal says people expect a vision for Delhi from PM Modi, not ‘abusive’ language.
PM Modi in Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal said the inauguration of the regional rapid transit system symbolizes his party's work for the people. He also accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using ‘abusive’ language instead of laying down a vision for Delhi's development....Read More
“Abuse us. Take 50 minutes to do so in your next speech if you need to. But take 4 minutes to address the issues we have brought up,” Kejriwal said while addressing a press conference.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi repeated his attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) at the BJP's ‘Parivartan Yatra’ in Delhi's Rohini. Calling the AAP an ‘aapda’ again, PM Modi said “any responsibility given” to the Arvind Kejriwal-led party will be “a punishment” to the people.
PM Modi inaugurated the Namo Bharat rapid transit train corridor, worth ₹12,000 crore. He will also lay the foundation stone for several developmental projects.
Delhi chief minister Atishi congratulated the people, as the national capital will receive an extension of the Magenta Line and its first rapid transit connectivity. She hailed Delhi's transport system as a “model” for India and the world.
The Congress and the BJP continued to spar over the timing of Sunday's inauguration. Congress candidate from the New Delhi constituency, Sandeep Dikshit, said the event will be held before implementing the moral code of conduct (MCC) for the Delhi election. BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla hit back saying, “Congress' cynicism and criticism never end”.
Key project details
-A 13-km Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Namo Bharat corridor between Sahibabad and New Ashok Nagar, worth around ₹4,600 crore, will give the national capital its first rapid transit train.
-PM Modi will inaugurate the first stretch of Delhi Metro Phase-IV between Janakpuri and Krishna Park, worth around ₹1,200 crore. The project is expected to benefit the residents of West Delhi.
-He will also lay the foundation stone of the 26.5 km Rithala - Kundli section of Delhi Metro Phase-IV, worth around ₹6,230 crore. The project will enhance connectivity between North-Western parts of Delhi and Haryana.
The prime minister will also lay the foundation stone for the new state-of-the-art building for the Central Ayurveda Research Institute (CARI) at Rohini, New Delhi. The campus will provide state-of-the-art healthcare and medicine infrastructure. It is expected to cost around ₹185 crore.
-Ahead of the event, Delhi and Ghaziabad police have issued traffic advisories for commuters to ease vehicular movement.
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- 5 Jan 2025, 06:45:38 PM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: Kejriwal questions PM about Delhi land reforms
PM Modi in Delhi updates: Arvind Kejriwal accused the Centre of not abrogating Section 81 and Section 33 of the Delhi Land Reforms Act on Sunday after PM Modi's speech in Delhi.
Addressing a press conference, Kejriwal said, “PM has promised that Section 81 and Section 33 of the Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954 will be abolished and this can only be done by the Centre. The land-pulling policy has not been implemented since 2018, if this had been done then settlement in unauthorized colonies would have been stopped. The whole of 'Delhi Dehat' is waiting to take revenge on the BJP. ”
- 5 Jan 2025, 06:23:29 PM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: ‘BJP has lost before the elections’ says AAP MP Sanjay Singh
PM Modi in Delhi updates: AAP MP Sanjay Singh hit back at PM Modi after the latter's speech in Delhi earlier today and said that BJP has lost before the elections.
“Nothing will happen because of what PM Modi says something in his speech. Delhi takes pride in Arvind Kejriwal and his work. They are against common people and bulldozed the slums where poor people live. PM Modi should not be worried - 'wo bina dulhe ke baraat lekar nikle hain',” Singh told ANI.
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- 5 Jan 2025, 06:04:16 PM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP stands with Kejriwal on PM's habit to launch schemes before polls
PM Modi in Delhi updates: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP, Sanjay Raut supported Arvind Kejriwal's claims that the BJP strategically launches projects just before elections.
He also stated that he was sure that the people of Delhi would remain loyal to Arvind Kejriwal.
“It is their (BJP's) habit. They launch such projects worth thousands of crores before the elections. It was done in Maharashtra as well. They do not do anything for 5 years and before the announcement of the election date, they want to do everything. They again go silent for the next 5 years,” Raut said.
- 5 Jan 2025, 05:47:08 PM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: ‘Abuse us if you have to, but address the issues in Delhi’, says Kejriwal
PM Modi in Delhi updates: During a press conference in response to PM Modi's speech earlier in the day, AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal claimed that the prime minister's language was abusive and hurtful, but they were willing to take it if the PM would talk about the actual issues of Delhi as well.
“You can take 50 minutes of the speech to insult us next time, as long as you dedicate 4 minutes to address the issues that we have raised here,” he said.
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- 5 Jan 2025, 05:29:19 PM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: ‘The prime minister abused the people of Delhi in his speech’ claims Kejriwal
PM Modi in Delhi updates: During a press conference, Arvind Kejriwal alleged that PM Modi had abused and insulted the people of Delhi in his speech earlier today.
“Today, the PM spoke for 30 minutes and he kept abusing the people of Delhi and the elected govt of Delhi - I was listening to it, it felt bad. The promise made by the PM in Delhi in 2020 - the people of Delhi Dehat are still waiting for that to be fulfilled,” he said.
- 5 Jan 2025, 04:59:59 PM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: Kejriwal questions BJP's 2020 poll promise
“I want to remind PM Modi of the promises he made in 2020... The people of Delhi are still waiting for his promises to be fulfilled. PM Modi promises that Delhi Land Reform Acts' clauses 81 and 33 will be cancelled. The Delhi Assembly passed the proposal for it many years ago. I want to ask PM Modi to talk a little bit on this as well when he comes to give speeches in Delhi next time,” said Kejriwal.
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- 5 Jan 2025, 04:15:55 PM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: ‘We decided to put Delhi’s development above all else', says Kejriwal
“I have been troubled and tortured, so has my party. We just got out of jail in Aug/September. But we never made it an issue. If we had made it an issue, the Delhi metro would not have been launched, neither the RRTS. We decided to put Delhi and its development above all else, even ourselves and our party,” said Kejriwal while addressing a press conference.
- 5 Jan 2025, 03:50:41 PM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: Kejriwal credits AAP for rapid metro rail expansion in Delhi
PM Modi in Delhi updates: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal welcomed the inauguration of new metro and rapid rail lines in the national capital.
“Congratulations to all the people of Delhi on the launch of the new Metro line and the laying of the foundation stone of another line. After the formation of the Aam Aadmi Party government, the Delhi Metro has expanded rapidly. So far, 200 km has been expanded and work is in progress on 250 km,” Kejriwal said in a post on X.
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- 5 Jan 2025, 03:34:30 PM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: BJP says welfare schemes of Delhi govt will continue
PM Modi in Delhi updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured that welfare schemes by the Delhi government would continue if the BJP formed the next government in the national capital.
He also promised to weed out “corruption” in the implementation of such schemes.
- 5 Jan 2025, 02:52:53 PM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: ‘Energy of Delhi residents drained dealing with AAP-DA for 365 days’ says PM Modi
PM Modi in Delhi updates: Prime minister claimed that the people of Delhi were tired of dealing with the Aam Admi Party 365 days a year, while batting for the BJP ahead of the Delhi assembly polls.
During a speech in Delhi's Rohini, he said, “When summer comes in Delhi, there is a fight for drinking water, when it rains, there is waterlogging, and when winter comes, it is difficult to breathe in polluted air. The energy of the people of Delhi is being spent in dealing with 'AAP-DA' people 365 days a year. Therefore, only when the 'AAP-DA' is removed from Delhi, the double engine of development and good governance will come.”
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- 5 Jan 2025, 02:42:40 PM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: Prime minister criticises AAP, says ‘no stone left unturned in destroying transport system’
PM Modi in Delhi updates: Prime minister Narendra Modi during his speech in Rohini, Delhi, criticised the AAP-led government and said they were responsible for reducing Delhi's transport system.
“The 'AAP-DA' people have left no stone unturned in destroying Delhi's transport system. These people are not paying any attention to the maintenance of buses. The common citizens of Delhi have suffered the loss...Look at the condition they have created,” he said in the speech.
- 5 Jan 2025, 02:20:08 PM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: ‘Let’s get rid of AAP-da’ says PM Modi in Rohini rally
Prime Minister Narendra Modi repeated his attack on the Aam Aadmi Party, calling it an ‘aapda’ again during his speech.
“Any responsibility to be given to 'Aapda' means punishment for people of Delhi: PM Modi attacks AAP at BJP rally in Rohini. 'Aapda' govt does not have vision to develop Delhi,” said PM Modi.
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- 5 Jan 2025, 02:08:39 PM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: PM Modi pitches for BJP govt in Delhi
“Last year, the central govt gave ₹75,000 crores for the security, health and other development projects...Delhi needs the kind of development which makes it a model of urban development in the world. This can only happen when the central and state governments of BJP work for Delhi,” said PM Modi in Rohini.
- 5 Jan 2025, 01:53:25 PM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: ‘Next 25 years crucial for Delhi and India’, says PM Modi
“Today, I have inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of development projects worth thousands of crores in Delhi. Next 25 years very crucial for India and Delhi; these years will witness India becoming ‘Viksit Bharat’,” said PM Modi.
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- 5 Jan 2025, 01:34:09 PM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: PM Modi attends BJP's Parivartan Yatra in Rohini
PM Modi in Delhi updates: After the inauguration of the Namo Bharat RRTS corridor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a ride to Rohini, Delhi, to attend the BJP's Parivartan Yatra.
- 5 Jan 2025, 01:14:06 PM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: Only PM Modi can ensure development in Delhi, says BJP
“PM Modi is giving a gift of ₹12,200 crore to the people of Delhi. Two days back, he dedicated the development projects worth ₹4,500 crore to Delhi. Many development works being done in Delhi are done by the central government. The Narela-Kondli metro project, Jannakpuri-Krishna Park metro extension, and rapid rail are starting. If anyone can develop in Delhi, it is only Narendra Modi. A message is going to people with this Parivartan Rally,” said Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva.
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- 5 Jan 2025, 12:54:42 PM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: Amit Shah says India's metro rail network surpassed major world economies
“PM Shri @narendramodi Ji made #MetroRevolutionInIndia a reality, making Bharat a global leader in network length, zooming past major economies of the world. Expanding to new cities at an unmatched pace, urban travel has been made faster, safer, and more accessible to commuters,” said Union Home minister Amit Shah in a post on X.
- 5 Jan 2025, 12:41:17 PM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: PM Modi inaugurates Namo Bharat RRTS corridor
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated and took a ride on the Namo Bharat train on the RRTS corridor from Sahibabad in Ghaziabad to New Ashok Nagar in Delhi, news agency PTI reported.
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- 5 Jan 2025, 12:29:11 PM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: Sanjay Raut says BJP does ‘everything’ before elections
“It is their (BJP's) habit. They launch such projects worth thousands of crores before the elections. It was done in Maharashtra as well. They do not do anything for 5 years and before the announcement of the election date, they want to do everything. They again go silent for the next 5 years. The people of Delhi are with Kejriwa,” said Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut.
- 5 Jan 2025, 12:13:30 PM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: How do rapid transit trains differ from metro trains?
The key differences between rapid transit trains (like RRTS) and metro trains lie in their purpose, speed, coverage, and operational characteristics.
Metro trains are primarily designed for urban transit within cities, catering to short-distance travel. It connects various parts of a city or metropolitan area.
Rapid transit trains are focused on regional transit, connecting cities and suburbs or even nearby towns. They are ideal for medium to long-distance travel.
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- 5 Jan 2025, 12:03:06 PM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: PM Modi undertakes train ride from Sahibabad RRTS station
- 5 Jan 2025, 11:57:36 AM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: AAP says PM Modi's ‘aapda’ remark ‘abused’ Kejriwal
AAP leader Priyanka Kakkar said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ‘Papua’ remark was an abuse of Arvind Kejriwal, who ‘brought a transformative model’ for Delhi.
“This kind of person was abused by PM Modi. I feel 'aapda' is on BJP this time, who don't have any CM face, no vision, agenda. The only 'aapda' on Delhi is of law and order, which is a direct responsibility of Amit Shah, BJP, where they have failed,” said Kakkar.
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- 5 Jan 2025, 11:43:56 AM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: ‘Transport sector expanded on a very large scale’, says CM Atishi
Delhi chief minister Atishi said the national capital's transport facilities have expanded on a “very large” scale in the last decade.
“With today's inauguration of the metro line and RRTS, Delhi is starting to become a model in the transport sector in the country and the world,” Atishi said.
- 5 Jan 2025, 11:36:59 AM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: CM Atishi congratulates people of Delhi
PM Modi in Delhi updates: Delhi chief minister Atishi congratulated the people of national capital ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's inauguration of several projects.
“I would like to congratulate all the people of Delhi. The Delhi government and the central government are jointly taking the transport sector in Delhi far ahead,” Atishi said.
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- 5 Jan 2025, 11:16:56 AM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: Union Minister hails ‘metro revolution’
Union minister of parliamentary and minority affairs Kiren Rijiju hailed ‘metro revolution’ under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tenure.
“Bringing Cities Closer, Changing Lives! Under Hon'ble PM Shri @narendramodi ji's visionary leadership, the #MetroRevolutionInIndia has transformed urban mobility, connecting millions & empowering dreams.From 248 km in 2014 to over 1,000 km today, this is progress that touches every life!,” Rijiju said in a post on X.
- 5 Jan 2025, 11:05:34 AM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: ‘Committed to expand regional connectivity’, says PM Modi
“We are committed to expanding regional connectivity in Delhi as well as making travel convenient. In this series, I will have the privilege of inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of many projects today at around 12:15 pm. Before this, I will inaugurate the Sahibabad-Ashok Nagar Namo Bharat Corridor,” said PM Modi in a post on X.
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- 5 Jan 2025, 11:00:27 AM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: Photo of Namo Bharat train from trial run
A Namo Bharat train is seen during a trial run. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate an additional 13 km section of the Delhi-Meerut Namo Bharat Corridor between Sahibabad and New Ashok Nagar on Sunday. (PTI) - 5 Jan 2025, 10:53:32 AM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: ‘Important day for Delhi-NCR’, says PM Modi
“Today is a very important day for Delhi-NCR. Today, for the first time, the Namo Bharat train will enter the capital, and there will also be an opportunity to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of many development projects, including the expansion of the Delhi Metro,” said PM Modi in a post on X.
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- 5 Jan 2025, 10:48:06 AM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: BJP leader attacks Congress' ‘cynicism’
PM Modi in Delhi updates: “PM Narendra Modi is continuously striving for convenience, comfort, and connectivity for the people of Delhi... Metro Phase 4 will ease traffic and pollution. Congress' cynicism and criticism never end,” said BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla.
- 5 Jan 2025, 10:43:10 AM IST
PM Modi in Delhi updates: Congress' New Delhi candidate questions ‘delay’ in inaugurating projects
Congress candidate from the New Delhi constituency, Sandeep Dikshit, questioned the timing of inaugurating development projects.
“People understand all this is being done just because elections are around the corner. Kejriwal and PM Modi are doing the same thing, and both keep raising questions on one another. Neither of them can answer why all these development projects were not started in the last 10 years and why it is being done just days before MCC is implemented. We will contest the elections on 10 years of Congress rule in Delhi and the shortcomings of BJP and AAP governments,” said Dikshit.
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