Expressing desire to serve the state of Kerala, former Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan said he join will the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of Assembly polls in Kerala.
Sources in the BJP also confirmed that Sreedharan, known popularly as ‘Metro man’, will formally join the party during BJP’s Vijay Yathra, which is scheduled to start from February 21.
The Vijay Yathra will be led by Kerala BJP president K Surendran, ahead of the assembly elections in Kerala scheduled to be conducted between April and May.
It is not a sudden decision. I have been in Kerala for the past decade and wanted to do something for the state. I alone cannot do things. BJP is different and that’s why I joined the party,” Sreedharan told the Malayalam newspaper, Manorama.