Our Politics Needs More Like E Sreedharan: Congress' Milind Deora Heaps Praises on New BJP Member
4 years, 1 month ago

Our Politics Needs More Like E Sreedharan: Congress' Milind Deora Heaps Praises on New BJP Member

News 18  

Congress spokesperson Milind Deora on Thursday heaped praises on India’s ‘Metro man’ E Sreedharan, who is set to make an entry into politics as he joins BJP months ahead of the Kerala Assembly elections. The Congress leader hailed Sreedharan as a “thorough professional” and said the country’s politics needs people like him. One needn’t be a BJP supporter to welcome E Sreedharan’s entry into active politics.A thorough professional & one of the county’s most accomplished engineer-bureaucrats, E Sreedharan belongs to all of India. Responding to Deora’s open praise for the rival party, senior party leader Ajay Maken lambasted him by asking him “leave Congress” and not propagate “half-baked facts.” “Brother, you want to leave INC India-Please do-Then propagate half baked facts!

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Metroman E Sreedharan quits politics, says was never a politician
3 years, 3 months ago

Metroman E Sreedharan quits politics, says was never a politician

India Today  

‘Metroman’ E Sreedharan has quit active politics, less than a year after he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. “I was never a politician,” he said as he announced his exit from active politics, adding, “Not being active in politics does not mean I am leaving politics behind.” When announcing his entry to politics, E Sreedharan had even expressed interest in …

Despite loss, Metro-man E Sreedharan keeps poll promise of ‘power for all’
3 years, 10 months ago

Despite loss, Metro-man E Sreedharan keeps poll promise of ‘power for all’

Op India  

Despite facing defeat in the recent Kerala Assembly elections, E Sreedharan, fondly known as ‘Metro man’ has fulfilled his poll promise of getting power connections for the people in his constituency. In accordance with the promise he made to his constituents, Sreedharan on May 18 wrote a cheque of Rs 81,525 in the name of the Assistant Engineer, KSEB, Kalpathy, …

Aim is development not politics: Metro man E Sreedharan files nomination papers
4 years ago

Aim is development not politics: Metro man E Sreedharan files nomination papers

India Today  

Metro man E Sreedharan on Thursday filed his nomination papers as a National Democratic Alliance candidate in the Palakkad assembly constituency of Kerala. People will join hands with the BJP to enable sustainable development," E Sreedharan said after he filed his nomination. Sreedharan said he "entered politics with an aim to serve people". "My election campaign is about development, not …

Why did ‘Metro Man’ Sreedharan become a politician at 88? The BJP leader answers
4 years ago

Why did ‘Metro Man’ Sreedharan become a politician at 88? The BJP leader answers

Hindustan Times  

India's 'Metro Man’ Elattuvalapil Sreedharan had announced on February 18 that he would be joining the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the crucial assembly elections in Kerala. On February 25, Sreedharan was formally inducted into the BJP in the presence of its Kerala unit chief K Surendran and said that it was one of the greatest moments of his life. …

BJP flip flops after announcing E Sreedharan as Kerala CM candidate
4 years ago

BJP flip flops after announcing E Sreedharan as Kerala CM candidate

India Today  

BJP has confirmed that E Sreedharan is not the CM candidature in Kerala, after the BJP state president K Surendran projecting Metro Man the as Chief Ministerial candidate. Union Minister V Muraleedharan on Thursday backtracked from his comments after he mistakenly claimed that the BJP has announced 'Metroman' E Sreedharan as its chief ministerial candidate for the Kerala elections. As …

Kerala Assembly Polls: BJP Backtracks On 'Metro Man' E Sreedharan As Its CM Candidate
4 years ago

Kerala Assembly Polls: BJP Backtracks On 'Metro Man' E Sreedharan As Its CM Candidate

ABP News  

In what may give fresh ammunition to the opposition to take on the saffron party in the run-up to the Kerala Assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday did a flip-flop on E. Sreedharan, popularly known as the “Metro Man”, as the party’s chief ministerial face. In an apparent damage control mode, BJP state chief K. Surendran withdrew the …

Union minister confirms 'Metroman' E Sreedharan as BJP's Kerala CM face, then backtracks
4 years ago

Union minister confirms 'Metroman' E Sreedharan as BJP's Kerala CM face, then backtracks

India Today  

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. As speculation over the BJP making Sreedharan the face of its campaign in Kerala heightened, V Muraleedharan seemed to confirm that the man behind the Delhi Metro …

Kerala elections 2021: BJP pitches ‘Metro Man’ E Sreedharan as party's CM candidate for polls
4 years ago

Kerala elections 2021: BJP pitches ‘Metro Man’ E Sreedharan as party's CM candidate for polls

Firstpost  

Thiruvalla: ‘Metroman’ E Sreedharan, who recently joined the BJP, will be its chief ministerial candidate for the Kerala on 6 April, senior leader and Union Minister V Muraleedharan said on Thursday. #ESreedharan — V Muraleedharan / വി മുരളീധരൻ March 4, 2021 His social media post on Sreedharan’s leadership in the Assembly polls came hours after the party’s state chief K …

'Metro Man' E Sreedharan is BJP’s CM face in Kerala: State BJP chief
4 years ago

'Metro Man' E Sreedharan is BJP’s CM face in Kerala: State BJP chief

Hindustan Times  

E Sreedharan, who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party last month, will be the BJP’s chief ministerial candidate in the assembly elections in Kerala, the party's chief of the state unit K Surendran said, according to news agency ANI on Thursday. "E Sreedharan will be BJP's chief minister candidate in the upcoming Kerala assembly elections," Surendran was quoted as saying by …

'Metroman' E Sreedharan is BJP's Kerala CM candidate, tweets Union minister
4 years ago

'Metroman' E Sreedharan is BJP's Kerala CM candidate, tweets Union minister

India TV News  

'Metroman' E Sreedharan will be Bharatiya Janata Party's chief ministerial candidate in the upcoming assembly elections in Kerala, Union Minister V Muraleedharan said in a tweet on Thursday. "BJP will fight Kerala polls with E Sreedharan Ji as its Chief Ministerial Candidate. The New Kerala under E Sreedharan Ji will pave the way for an efficient & effective Govt in …

'Metro Man' E Sreedharan formally joins BJP
4 years, 1 month ago

'Metro Man' E Sreedharan formally joins BJP

Hindustan Times  

'Metro Man' E Sreedharan formally joined Bharatiya Janata Party in Malappuram on Thursday in presence of Union Minister RK Singh. 'Metro Man' E Sreedharan being garlanded as he formally joins Bharatiya Janata Party, in Malappuram, Sreedharan joined the party during BJP's ongoing Vijaya Yatra led by Kerala BJP Chief K Surendran. "Metro man Sri E Sreedharan joins BJP at Mallapuram …

Why Metroman E Sreedharan is a prize catch for the saffron party
4 years, 1 month ago

Why Metroman E Sreedharan is a prize catch for the saffron party

India Today  

Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, India’s Metroman, needs no introduction either in India or in his home state of Kerala. The current LDF government is no different.” He added that he has been sympathetic to the BJP “since Narendra Modi became prime minister”, and that he supports the prime minister for “the great initiatives he has taken to make Indian a global leader.” …

Sreedharan suited to adorn any post in Kerala, including CM's: State BJP chief
4 years, 1 month ago

Sreedharan suited to adorn any post in Kerala, including CM's: State BJP chief

Hindustan Times  

Kerala BJP President K Surendran on Sunday said that 'Metroman' E Sreedharan is suited to adorn any post in the state, including Kerala's Chief Minister's post. State BJP President said Sreedharan joining BJP shows that people are fed up with the anti-development stand of both the UDF and LDF. Speaking to media persons ahead of the BJP's statewide rally 'Vijayayathra' …

'Metro Man' E Sreedharan set to join BJP in Kerala: A look at prominent bureaucrats who took the political plunge
4 years, 1 month ago

'Metro Man' E Sreedharan set to join BJP in Kerala: A look at prominent bureaucrats who took the political plunge

Firstpost  

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has seen a consistent stream of bureaucrats joining the party since 2014. Sreedharan joins the ranks of current External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, former home secretary RK Singh, former Mumbai Police commissioner Satyapal Singh, ex-bureaucrat Arvind Kumar Sharma, and General VK Singh, who was inducted into the party ahead of the Lok Sabha election in …

Rapid transit: Will be a Candidate in Kerala Polls if BJP Wants, says 'Metro Man' Sreedharan Ahead of Joining the Party
4 years, 1 month ago

Rapid transit: Will be a Candidate in Kerala Polls if BJP Wants, says 'Metro Man' Sreedharan Ahead of Joining the Party

News 18  

As if setting up a “pro-development anti-corruption platform” in Kerala for the coming assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party state president K Surendran announced in Kozhikode on Thursday that ‘Metro Man’ Elattuvalapil Sreedharan is set to join the party. Surendran said that the 88-year-old who played a vital role in the completion of India’s ambitious metro rail project in Delhi, within …

'Not a Sudden Decision': Metro Man E Sreedharan to Join BJP During Party's Vijaya Yathra in Kerala
4 years, 1 month ago

'Not a Sudden Decision': Metro Man E Sreedharan to Join BJP During Party's Vijaya Yathra in Kerala

News 18  

Ahead of Kerala elections due this year, ‘Metro Man’ E Sreedharan is set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party, announced Kerala BJP president K Surendran on Thursday. Meanwhile, the BJP’s state unit hopes that an iconic figure like Sreedharan joining the party will benefit them electorally in the upcoming state legislative assembly elections. If he contests in urban centre like …

AAP calls Metro Man E Sreedharan as 'BJP stooge'
5 years, 9 months ago

AAP calls Metro Man E Sreedharan as 'BJP stooge'

Op India  

For AAP, anyone who dares to question their proposals and policies is a BJP stooge and all their failures are because of the BJP. Such is the blind arrogance of the party that now it has branded E Sreedharan, India’s ‘Metro Man’, the brain behind stellar engineering projects like Delhi Metro, Konkan Railways and many more, as a BJP stooge. …

Metro man E Sreedharan endorses Modi
11 years ago

Metro man E Sreedharan endorses Modi

India TV News  

New Delhi: ‘Metro man' E Sreedharan yesterday came out in support of BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, saying he hoped bold decisions under his leadership will fasten government's decision-making process. Giving an example of good work done by Modi's administration in Gujarat, he said, “the factory in Salvi in Vadodra district of Gujarat for producing metro trains was set …

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