'Metro Man' e Sreedharan will join BJP, will take membership during Vijay Yatra

- BJP urges E Sreedharan to contest next assembly elections

New delhi date. Thursday, February 18, 2021

E Sreedharan, who has earned the nickname 'Metro Man' across the country, is now gearing up to embark on a political career and is set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party. He will officially join the BJP during the party's victory march. In Kerala, BJP state unit president K. The party's victory march is starting from February 21 under the leadership of Surendran. 'Metro Man' e Sreedharan on February 21, Kerala BJP president K. Vijay, led by Surendran, will officially join the party during the yatra.

Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan Altuvalpil have given Shridhar a new lease of life and their significant contribution to the ambitious metro rail project. He retired as the President of Delhi Metro on December 31, 2011.

The BJP has urged E Sreedharan to contest the next assembly elections. Sridhar, who took the Delhi Metro to a new height of development, also designed the structure of the Kolkata Metro. He is also known for his outstanding contribution to the Konkan Railway. He was awarded the Chavalier de la Legion d'honneur by the French government in 2005 and has been honored by Time magazine as a hero of Asia.