Venkaiah Naidu

(*) India ( New Delhi ): Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu had tested to impress Maharashtra CM  Prithviraj Chavan to visit Thursday's foundation establish function of Nagpur Metro.

PM Narendra Modi plant the groundwork stone of Nagpur Metro program. The ceremony was avoid by  CM Chavan after he was whooped at last Saturday's ceremony in Solapur in the existence of PM Modi, who had then visit to begun a national highway program.

Union Urban Minister Naidu had named up CM Prithviraj Chavan and chat to him in the matter, said sources close to Venkaiah Naidu.

"Venkaiah Naidu had desired to impress upon Prithviraj Chavan that Nagpur Metro Rail program is a co-operative deal of central and Maharashtra governments and it is obligatory for the CM to visit the ceremony as prepared prior, to deliver right message," one of the authority said.

Venkaiah Naidu comment that the PM Modi strongly believes in united unionism and is anxious about states playing important act in developmental actions with the Centre interim as a motivation.

On Prithviraj Chavan's disclosed remarks that the state government was not abreast about the position of authorization of Union Cabinet for Nagpur Metro Programme and that he had acknowledge request late yesterday, the authority said Urban Development Ministry administrator had been in daily connection with their correspondent in the state government.

The authority said after all the Union Cabinet was to properly deal with Nagpur Metro Programme late Wednesday evening, it was not sense relevant to assign a academic request to the CM taking the Union Cabinet's confirmation for acknowledge.

However, on being request upon, Venkaiah Naidu directed a academic request on Wednesday. The main sources said Union minister Nitin Gadkari, in whose electorate the Metro Project is being taken up, had also been in touch with the state government.