Thiruvananthapuram. Actor-turned-politician Suresh Gopi, who opened the Bharatiya Janata Party’s account in Kerala, surprised everyone by speaking to reporters on Saturday. In fact, on Wednesday, he described former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as “Mother of India” and late Congress Chief Minister K Karunakaran as a “courageous administrator”. He also described Karunakaran and Marxist veteran E.K. Nayanar as his “political gurus”. He was speaking to reporters after visiting Karunakaran’s memorial “Murali Mandiram” located in Punkunnam here on Wednesday.
Interestingly, Suresh Gopi had won the Thrissur Lok Sabha seat by defeating Karunakaran’s son and Congress leader K Muraleedharan. Muraleedharan had finished third in a three-cornered contest in the April 26 elections. Gopi has urged that no political meaning be attached to his visit to the Karunakaran memorial. The BJP leader said he has come here to pay tribute to his “guru”. He said he shared a close bond with Karunakaran and his wife Kalyanikutty Amma just like Nayanar and his wife ‘Sarada Teacher’.
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Gopi had visited Nayanar’s Kannur residence on June 12. Gopi said that since he considers Indira Gandhi as the “mother of India”, Karunakaran is for him the father of the Congress party in the state. Calling Karunakaran the “father” of the Congress in Kerala is not a disrespect to the founders or co-founders of the grand old party in the southern state. The actor-turned-politician also praised the veteran Congress leader’s administrative abilities and termed him the “boldest administrator” of his generation.
BJP MP Suresh Gopi called former PM Indira Gandhi the mother of India.
Gopi further said that he wanted to visit Murali Mandiram in 2019 itself, but could not go because of the veteran’s daughter Padmaja Venugopal, who recently joined the BJP. After the visit, Suresh Gopi also visited the famous Lourde Mata Church in the city and prayed. This has put an end to the rhetoric about him and his family presenting a gold crown to the statue of St. Mary during his daughter’s wedding. He said that it was made of copper.
Tags: BJP, Kerala
FIRST PUBLISHED : June 15, 2024, 16:28 IST