Pune, Jan. 8 -- Union Minister of State Murlidhar Mohol on Thursday alleged that the Pune Metro project made no progress during NCP leader Ajit Pawar's tenure as Guardian Minister, accusing the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party of misleading the public.

Speaking to reporters after travelling on the Pune Metro and interacting with commuters, Mohol said that although discussions on bringing a Metro system to Pune began in 2001, the project remained stalled until 2014.

"Between 2001 and 2014, when Manmohan Singh was the Prime Minister and Ajit Pawar was the Guardian Minister of Pune, the Metro project did not move forward even by an inch," Mohol said, adding that the project gained momentum only after 2014 under the leadership of...