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Here’s why the BJP may be dilly-dallying on declaring the #MetroMan as the Chief Minister candidate for #Kerala

#ESreedharan

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By @DeartonHector

@DeartonHector By projecting #ESreedharan, popularly known as the “#MetroMan” — as the Chief Minister candidate in #Kerala on March 4, the Bharatiya Janata Party (#BJP) may get to make a laudable point but not one that yields a lot of votes.

@DeartonHector #VMuraleedharan, minister of state for external affairs and parliamentary affairs, tweeted hinting that #ESreedharan will be leading the party as the chief ministerial candidate in the state assembly elections scheduled on April 6.

@DeartonHector It may be too soon to pass a verdict on #ESreedharan ⁠— but it may be safe to assume that he would only be as effective as the former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam or India’s cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar, who was nominated to the upper house of the parliament.

@DeartonHector He would be a great brand ambassador for the BJP, which may be gaining some ground in #Kerala, but is still a distant third in electoral appeal in the south Indian state.

#ESreedharan

@DeartonHector That would explain the reticence of the party’s central leadership with Sreedharan’s candidature, with less than a month to go for the polls.

#EShreedharan

➡️ #ESreedharan, a man who gets things done

Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, born in Palakkad in British India in 1932, headed the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (@OfficialDMRC) for 17 years ⁠— between 1995 and 2012 ⁠— as its managing director.

➡️ Sreedharan, a civil engineer by qualification, was awarded the Padma Vibhushan -- the second highest civilian honour — by the government of India, in 2008.

#EShreedharan

➡️ Sreedharan’s first claim to fame

What heralded him as one of the greatest engineers in the country, before he was in the spotlight for Delhi Metro’s huge success, was his work with the #KonkanRailway.

#EShreedharan

➡️ Can a great engineer be a good politician?

The man who revolutionised India’s public transport forever told the media that there are so many things that could be done in his home state. But it is not going to be a cakewalk, at all.

#EShreedharan

Bridges have shot Sreedharan to fame, and one should not be surprised if another bridge catapults Sreedharan to stardom as his political track gets a green flag.

#EShreedharan