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Why Metroman E Sreedharan is a prize catch for the saffron party
Why Metroman E Sreedharan is a prize catch for the saffron party | India Today Insight
Despite his late entry into politics, E. Sreedharan joining the BJP is being seen as a major win for the saffron party, which has struggled to attract worthwhile candidates in the southern state
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Sreedharan on an inspection of one of the DMRC lines in Delhi (Bandeep Singh)
Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, India’s Metroman, needs no introduction either in India or in his home state of Kerala. The 88-year-old technocrat has been celebrated as a chief architect of the Konkan Railway as well as of the Delhi and Kochi Metros, and has a massive following cutting across party lines. His entry into state politics as a candidate from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) surprised and shocked many, while boosting the morale of the saffron party in Kerala, where it had a vote share of 19 per cent in the local self-government polls con
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, several of his cabinet colleagues and top national BJP leaders will arrive in Kerala on February 21 to take part in a statewide yatra being organised by the party s state unit led by its president K. .