Synopsis: Suresh Gopi described himself as a “victim” of a political smear campaign and rejected allegations that he had lobbied for Tamil Nadu to secure an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), a project long demanded by Kerala.
Union Minister of State Suresh Gopi has stirred yet another controversy in Thrissur, with remarks alleging that “those elected by corpses” were deceiving the people of Kerala.
Speaking at a neighbourhood town hall under his Kalingu Gathering Campaign, Gopi claimed that voters “dead for 25 years” had been used in elections, adding that the issue was earlier reported by the media.
The BJP MP, who won from Thrissur in 2024, grew emotional while recalling his victory.
According to him, he had contested from Thrissur and won from there and not from Thir