When Metro Rail projects began making their way into poll manifestos

Nearly 15 years ago, discussions about the Metro Rail system remained largely restricted to New Delhi, even as cities such as Mumbai, Chennai, and Bengaluru made headway in preparations to implement it in the future.

After 2016, the Metro Rail system gradually began to figure in election manifestos of political parties. Over the last seven years, urban mobility, particularly the Metro Rail system, has become a part of the election discourse, with political parties across the country using it to draw urban voters.