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Thiruvalla/Kochi: After tweeting ‘Metroman’ E Sreedharan, who recently joined the BJP, will be its chief ministerial candidate for the Kerala assembly elections on April 6, Union Minister V Muraleedharan clarified on Thursday that the party has not made any such announcement.
Muraleedharan, who tweeted in this regard earlier, clarified, saying he wanted to inform that through media reports he learnt that the party has announced Sreedharan as the chief ministerial candidate.
But when he cross-checked with Kerala party president K Surendran, he said he has not made any such announcements, Muraleedharan, who is also a former BJP state president, said.
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], March 5 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president K Surendran on Friday clarified that the party's Central leadership will announce their chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Kerala Assembly Polls.
Union minister confirms Metroman E Sreedharan as BJP s Kerala CM face, then backtracks
Union minister confirms Metroman E Sreedharan as BJP s Kerala CM face, then backtracks
Union Minister V Muraleedharan had to take back his words after initially confirming that the BJP was going to project Metroman E Sreedharan as its Kerala CM face.
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UPDATED: March 5, 2021 00:45 IST
Union Minister V Muraleedharan (right) had said that the Kerala BJP will fight the Kerala polls with E Sreedharan (left) as its chief ministerial candidate.
Union Minister V Muraleedharan on Thursday had to backtrack from his comments after he mistakenly claimed that the BJP has announced Metroman E Sreedharan as its chief ministerial candidate for the Kerala elections.
Metro Man E Sreedharan will be BJP’s CM candidate in Kerala says Union Minister
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Updated: Thursday, March 4, 2021, 17:34 [IST]
Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 03: E Sreedharan, also known as Metro Man will be the BJP s chief ministerial candidates for the upcoming Kerala Assembly Elections 2021, according to Union Minister, V Muraleedharan.
@BJP4Keralam will fight #Keralapolls with E Sreedharan Ji as its Chief Ministerial Candidate. We will defeat both @CPIMKerala & @INCKerala to provide a corruption-free, development-oriented Governance for the people of Kerala, the minister said in a tweet.
E Sreedharan
@BJP4India under the able leadership of PM Shri @NarendraModi Ji will strive to take care of the needs of the People of Kerala. The New Kerala under E Sreedharan Ji will pave the way for an efficient & effective Govt in the state. #ESreedharan, he said in another tweet.