Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya has called on Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri to urgently appoint a full-time MD to the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL). Surya met Puri in Delhi and requested him to inspect Namma Metro projects. He accused the state government of not being serious about appointing a full-time MD for the Metro organisation and accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of not being serious about the delay and cost overruns of NammaMetro.