‘Metroman’ E Sreedharan To Be BJP’s Chief Ministerial Candidate For Kerala Assembly Elections 2021

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E Sreedharan, who is known as  Metro Man, will be the chief ministerial candidate for the BJP. E Sreedharan’s entry into the BJP is considered to be a major achievement for the BJP in Kerala. The Metro Man holds an image of an impeccable bureaucrat and is very popular in Kerala

Before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, E Sreedharan had praised Modi and said that the Prime Minister is one of the most qualified leaders in the country and that the future of the country is in the best hands. It is believed that E Sreedharan had decided to join the Bhartiya Janata Party since the time PM Modi came to power. The 88-year-old E. Sreedharan while talking to the media, confirmed that he had made up his mind to go to the BJP and said that “he has not decided to go to BJP in a day, he wants to work for the state, so  he said that after joining BJP, he would stop the consultancy for the Kerala government’s metro project “

 

E Sreedharan is famous for completing and running the first freight corridor even before time which includes the Delhi Metro. EV Sreedharan has received many awards. The Metroman was awarded the Padma Shri in 2001 and the Padma Vibhushan Award in 2008. The French government awarded E Sreedharan its highest civilian order in 2005. Not Only this,, but America’s world-famous magazine ‘TIME’ gave him the title of “Asia Hero”.

 

Sreedharan was born on 12 June 1932 in Palakkad, Kerala. His family belongs to Karukputhur in Palakkad, E Sreedharan received his civil engineering degree from Government Engineering College in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, after which he joined Indian Railway Service.

E Sreedharan has given services to Delhi Metro, Kochi Metro, Lucknow Metro, it is generally believed that politics do not have an age of retirement and E Sreedharan’s entry into politics at the age of 88 proves this, It is not clear whether he will contest the assembly elections in Kerala in April.



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