Now tracks, trains, and test runs are being overshadowed by barbs, blame games, and a whole lot of grandstanding.

The battle royale between the Congress and the BJP began with Surya pushing for the long-delayed Yellow Line of Namma Metro. He raised the issue in Parliament — twice — calling it the “need of the hour."

Surya went ahead and declared that none other than Prime Minister Narendra Modi would inaugurate the 19.2-km metro line that connects RV Road to Bommasandra.

PM Modi will land in Bengaluru on August 10 and will flag off the long-awaited Yellow line along with a net set of Vande bharat trains.

Never one to hold back, Deputy CM Shivakumar jumped in — by first taking a test ride on the metro line. While riding the new train on August 5, Shivakumar called Surya “a boy in a hurry"!

“This is a Rs 7,610 crore project. So far, only three trains have arrived. One more is expected by the 10th. It will take 10–15 more days to become fully operational. Our MP is still young, a boy, and he wanted operations to start urgently. But we can’t rush things like that," he told the media.

DK Shivakumar clarified that it was the Congress government which had invited the Prime Minister for the inauguration — so there was no need for credit snatching.

“The 19.5-km Yellow Line received its safety certification only on July 31. The Prime Minister has been invited to inaugurate it on August 10 by the........

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