Fact Check: PM Modi never said Vajpayee started the first Metro in India Many on social media have claimed that PM Modi, in a speech, had said the credit for the first metro service in the country goes to late PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. advertisement UPDATED: December 30, 2020 18:45 IST Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first driverless metro train operations on Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line on December 28. Soon after, social mediawas engaged in a debate on who started the first metro rail service in the country. Many on Facebookclaimed that PM Modi, in his speech, had said the credit for the first metro service in the country goes to Vajpayee.