Thiruvananthapuram: Union Minister V Muraleedharan has announced that Metroman E Sreedharan, who recently joined the party, is the BJP’s chief ministerial candidate in the Assembly elections, national media reported. According to national media reports, Muraleedharan also confirmed this after K Surendran said at the reception given to Vijaya Yatra in Thiruvalla that Sreedharan will be the BJP’s chief ministerial candidate.
However, V Muraleedharan later told ANI that he came to know about such an announcement in the media and when he spoke to K Surendran, he said that he had not made such an announcement.
‘The BJP in Kerala will field E Sreedharan as its chief ministerial candidate. Both the CPM and the Congress will be defeated. Corruption-free and development-oriented governance for the people of Kerala. The BJP, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will work to protect the needs of Keralites. An efficient and effective government led by Sreedharan will pave the way for a new Kerala, ”Muraleedharan said.
Surendran clarified that the decision was taken to put an end to the stagnant development of Kerala. ‘The Kochi Metro and the Palarivattom Bridge are Sreedharan’s achievements. He is a man who built a bridge in 5 months without corruption. Surendran said that if Metroman becomes the Chief Minister, the face of Kerala will change. “I will act like a technocrat, not a politician,” Sreedharan told the news agency.
English Summary: ‘Metro Man’ E Sreedharan BJP’s Chief Minister Candidate: Union Minister
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