E Sreedharan has not been declared BJP's CM candidate, says V Muraleedharan

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Union Minister V Muraleedharan on Thursday clarified that the BJP has not yet declared former Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan as the Chief Minister candidate of the party for the upcoming Kerala Assembly election.

"There were some statements that E Sreedharan will be CM candidate in Kerala. I heard media reports that the party has announced him as the CM candidate. After I talked to the party president he said that he hasn't made any statement and he was only referring to some issue in Kerala, So it should not be considered as an announcement, I m clarifying it," he added.

Earlier on Thursday, Muraleedharan had said that Sreedharan would become the Chief Ministerial candidate for the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections.
"BJP will fight Kerala polls with E Sreedharan Ji as its chief ministerial candidate. We will defeat both CPIM and Congress to provide a corruption-free, development-oriented Governance for the people of Kerala," he tweeted.

"Kerala BJP under the able leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modiji will strive to take care of the needs of the people of Kerala. The New Kerala under E Sreedharan Ji will pave the way for an efficient & effective Govt in the state," he added.