Earlier in the day, Sreedharan, wearing his trademark uniform of the DMRC, himself told the media at the Palarivattom flyover that Thursday will be his last working day and for the past 24 years he has been wearing the DMRC uniform.
Mr Sreedharan told media that his decision to join the BJP, despite it being only a bit player with a grand total of one MLA in the 140-member Kerala Assembly, was based on what he had observed living in the state post-retirement over the past 10 years. “I have seen different (Congress and Left) governments and they are not doing what can be done for the people.”
Earlier, Sreedharan had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him not to agree to the Delhi government’s proposal of free rides for women.
The Delhi Metro is not perfect, it has irked many citizens by constantly expanding to the satellite towns and forcing the “locals” to jostle for standing room in trains that are already overcrowded when they arrive in the metropolis, but few would wish the system to face financial ruin because some myopic neta has an eye on a forthcoming election.
Earlier this month, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had announced free metro rides and free bus rides for women in Delhi, in a populist move that comes ahead of next year’s Assembly elections.
‘Metro man’ Elattuvalapil Sreedharan revealed on Thursday, 8 March, that Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has withdrawn from major metro…
