India, Aug. 10 -- Hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bengaluru to inaugurate the Yellow Line of Namma Metro, Karnataka IT and BT Minister Priyank Kharge accused the BJP of "credit hijacking" and neglecting the state's interests.

In a post on X, Kharge welcomed the Prime Minister to Karnataka but alleged that the BJP was attempting to shift the narrative from "vote theft" (#VoteChori) to "credit theft" (#CreditChori) over the Phase 2 Yellow Line project. He asserted that the Metro initiative was launched during the UPA regime under then Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, with the Centre then contributing a significant share of costs in Phase 1.

"After the BJP came to power, their commitment dwindled," Kharge wrote, clai...