Budget ignored Kochi, rue leaders
The Hindu
‘Lack of financial aid for metro second phase disheartening’
The absence of Central government’s patronage for the second phase of Kochi metro project in the Union Budget has left people’s representatives of Kochi unhappy.
Hibi Eden, who represents Ernakulam in the Parliament, T. J. Vinod, Ernakulam MLA, and Kochi Mayor M. Anilkumar expressed their dismay over the budget speech of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament on Tuesday.
The financial support for the second phase of Kochi metro rail, which was to be extended up to Kakkanad, would have served as the engine of economic growth of the city and strengthened the public transport network, said Mr. Anilkumar.
Senior BJP leader and former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Saturday (November 23, 2024) said the landslide victory of the Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra Assembly election was historic, and that it reflected people’s mindset across the country. She added that the DMK would be unseated from power in the 2026 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu and that the BJP would be the reason for it.