Team News Riveting
Kochi, March 4
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today made it official that “Metroman” E Sreedharan party’s chief ministerial face for the upcoming Assembly polls.
“Kerala BJP will fight Kerala polls with E Sreedharanji as its chief ministerial candidate. We will defeat both CPM and Congress to provide a corruption-free, development-oriented Governance for the people of Kerala. #VijayaYatra,” Union Minister Muraleedharan tweeted.
The new Kerala under E Sreedharan would pave the way for an efficient and effective government in the state, he added. The 88-year-old “Metroman” joined the BJP last week.
Muraleedharan’s tweet came after BJP’s state President K Surendran on Thursday stated that they wanted E Sreedharan to be the Chief Minister face to send a message that the party would deliver a non-corrupt and development-oriented government in the state.
Hailing E Sreedharan for the completion of the Palarivattom flyover’s reconstruction, Surendran stated this was an example of why they requested the national leadership of the party to project Sreedharan as the CM face.
‘Metroman’ E Sreedharan completed reconstruction of the Palarivattom flyover within five months. This is the development model of NDA. We want a non-corrupt development model for Kerala, that is why we want him to be the CM candidate,” K Surendran said during ‘Vijaya Yatra’ at Thiruvalla.
The BJP won just one seat out of 140 in 2016 and is hoping to better its tally this time. However, the party is aiming to project a confident image by speaking about a CM probable.
