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Fact Check: PM Modi Never Said Vajpayee Started India's First Metro

Yusha Rahman

30 Dec 2020 12:11 PM GMT

PM Narendra Modi never said that the first Metro train in India was started by the efforts of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Media misquoted him.

Many people on social media are sharing news reports saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the first Metro train in India was started by the efforts of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The posts are being shared in the backdrop of the inauguration of the first driver-less metro train. On December 28, 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India's first-ever driver-less train operations on the Delhi Metro's Magenta Line. His speech during the inaugural event is being misquoted and shared on social media.

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Yusha Rahman

Yusha, an engineer turned journalist with a core interest in sensible journalism. Since the time she worked in an MNC, she saw how fake news was rife to malign images of communities, leaders, etc. This encouraged her to give up her career in MNC and passionately work towards curbing fake news and propaganda.