I Sanctioned Bogibeel Bridge as PM: Deve Gowda Miffed By No Invite

PM Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the 4.9 km long bridge at Bogibeel across Brahmaputra river.

Former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda on Tuesday, 25 December expressed disappointment at not being invited for the inauguration of the country's longest rail road bridge in Assam though he had laid the foundation stone of it.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the 4.9 km long bridge at Bogibeel across Brahmaputra river, built at a cost of Rs 5,900 crore.

The foundation stone for the project was laid by Gowda when he was the prime minister in 1997.

“Railway line to Kashmir, Delhi Metro and Bogibeel rail road bridge were among the projects I had sanctioned (as prime minister). I had sanctioned the budget of Rs 100 crore for each of these projects and laid their foundation stones. People have forgotten today,” Gowda said.