Former Indian Prime Minister and JDS leader HD Deve Gowda took a ride on the Delhi Metro on Sunday. He was accompanied by DMRC officials and engaged in conversation with them. The metro ride comes after his visit to the Prime Minister's Museum on Saturday. He expressed gratitude to the...
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administration for accompanying him. The Delhi Metro has become a lifeline for people in the Delhi-NCR region, and many prominent figures, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have taken the metro in the past. Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee inaugurated the first corridor of the DMRC on December 24, 2002, and was the first passenger on the metro. He was accompanied by then Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, then Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani, then Union Minister for Urban Development Anant Kumar, DMRC chief Shridhar, and Metro Chairman Madan Lal Khurana.