E Sreedharan
Metro Man E Sreedharan quits politics, says 'not interested anymore'
Palakkad, Kerala/IBNS: 90-year-old E. Sreedharan, popularly known as "Metro Man", has said that he is not interested in active politics anymore.
This comes months after he had contested in Kerala's assembly elections from the Palakkad constituency on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket and had lost. The party failed to win even one seat in the state.
"I won't be in active politics. That time has passed. I haven't given up (politics), but am no longer interested in running around. I am at an advanced age of 90," he said during a media interaction.
He added that he was never meant to be a politician and had joined the field as a bureaucrat. "I am serving people through three trusts, even beyond politics," he said.
He also admitted that he was "slightly disappointed" after his electoral defeat.
"But I have no disappointment now when I look back. Because as the only MLA I could not have done anything. Without power in the state, one MLA cannot do anything," Sreedharan said.
He lost the fight to Congress' sitting MLA Shafi Parambil from the Palakkad constituency.
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