Delhi Metro's Magenta Line, a12-km stretch connects the national capital with neighbouring Noida, was today launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.



Modi was accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation chief Mangu Singh.



After the inauguration, the prime minister boarded the metro at Botanical Garden, which is the terminal station of the Magenta Line, at 1.05 pm, and alighted at the Okhla Birds Sanctuary following a four- minute ride.



The other end of the line, for now, will be south Delhi's Kalkaji Mandir. However, by April, the entire corridor, stretching till Janakpuri West, is scheduled to be functional



From the metro station, Modi proceeded to sector 125 rally ground at Amity University where he addressed a public rally.

Addressing the rally, Modi said the decisions made by his government are guided by the national interest and not political gains.

“Governance cannot happen when the dominant thought process begins at Mera Kya and ends at Mujhe Kya,” he said.

Modi also congratulated Adityanath for defying superstitions and the ‘jinx’ associated with the visit to the city by Uttar Pradesh Chief Ministers.

“I am very happy. Due to his dress, few people find it fashionable to believe that CM Yogi Adityanath is not ‘modern enough’, but it is Yogi Adityanath Ji who has done what CMs of UP never did-he came to Noida. Faith is important but blind faith is not desirable,” he said at the rally.