Narendra Modi, Manohar Lal Khattar Are Pulling Off Publicity Stunt, Putting Commuters’ Life in Jeopardy, Says Congress Over Inauguration of Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway

Accusing the BJP-led central government of hogging the limelight during elections, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said that PM Modi should order an inquiry and get the KMP Expressway completed in the first place.

New Delhi: Alleging Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar of making a publicity stunt by inaugurating the ‘incomplete’ Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway in Gurgaon on Monday, the Congress said that by doing so it put people’s lives in jeopardy.

Accusing the BJP-led central government of hogging the limelight during elections, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said that PM Modi should order an inquiry and get the KMP Expressway completed in the first place.

Surjewala said, “PM Modi and CM Khattar are endangering the lives of thousands of commuters by illegally and forcibly inaugurating an incomplete KMP Expressway today.” Claiming that the KMP Expressway has not been tested by engineers and is being illegally called as Partial COD (Commercial Operation Day), he added, “3rd party consultant has refused to give ‘completion certificate’ and even HSIIDC refused to own responsibility for any mishap.”

Surjewala continued his attack by questioning the intelligence of both PM Modi and Khattar asking were they risking commuter lives only for quick publicity in the middle of elections and to benefit the private operator by Rs 26 crore a month. “Modiji, you should cancel the inauguration, order an enquiry and get the KMP completed,” he said in a series of tweets.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kundli-Manesar section of the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Western Peripheral Expressway and blamed the previous Congress government in Haryana for the delay in its completion.

The 135.65 km Manesar-to-Palwal stretch of the KMP Expressway, was opened to the public by PM Modi and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. The length of the Kundli-Manesar stretch of the expressway is over 83 km. This stretch will have 14 major or minor bridges, 56 underpasses or agricultural vehicular underpasses, seven intersections and seven toll plazas.

The KMP Expressway will decongest the traffic from Delhi, thus reducing the number of trucks entering the national capital and help in reducing pollution.