Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not given any assurance to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan with regard to the SilverLine semi-high-speed railway project during their recent meeting in New Delhi, Union Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan has said.
Speaking to media after visiting families likely to be displaced by the proposed project at Karikkakom in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday, Mr. Muraleedharan said what Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in Parliament a few hours after the meeting was the opinion of the Prime Minister on the project.
The Chief Minister had been trying to mislead the public after his meeting with the Prime Minister. This was mainly aimed at maintaining the morale of the officials involved in the project. Those who listened to the reply of the Union Railway Minister in Parliament never interpreted that the Union government was in favour of the project.
