2582 - E Sreedharan quits active politics less than a year after joining BJP

Technocrat E Sreedharan, popularly known as Metroman, announced on Thursday that he's quitting active politics, saying he was never a politician but a bureaucrat. In February, he joined BJP before the Kerala Assembly polls and contested from Palakkad seat but lost. He said he felt sad after the defeat but isn't sad anymore as one legislator couldn't have done anything.