Thrissur: In a major development in the ‘Thrissur Pooram disruption case, Union Minister and BJP leader Suresh Gopi has out rightly rejected arriving in an ambulance at the Thrissur Pooram venue on the day when chaos broke out. The actor-turned-politician said he reached the venue in the car of the BJP district president. However, the visuals of Suresh Gopi arriving at the festival venue in a Sevabharathi ambulance had gone viral on social media. This video evidence and the minister’s contradicting claim will likely put the party in a spot.
Ironically, Suresh Gopi also contradicted the statement of BJP state president K Surendran who had referred to Suresh Gopi entering the Thrissur pooram Swaraj round in an ambulance. Meanwhile, BJP Thrissur district president KK Aneesh Kumar defended the statement of Suresh Gopi and said that he had arrived at the venue in his car and following which he travelled to temple in an ambulance.
Meanwhile, the BJP state leadership is clearly on the back-foot after the union minister himself corrected K Surendran who was seated in the dias while he had spoken on the Thrissur pooram issue.
He was speaking at the election convention of the NDA candidate in Chelakkara K Balakrishnan.
“As BJP state president K Surendran believes, I did not go there in an ambulance. I reached the festival venue in the BJP district president’s car. Let the investigation find out whether me reaching the spot in an ambulance was an illusion or not,” said Gopi.
“Let CBI come. Are you ready for that challenge? If those in the government were born to one father, the case should be left to the CBI. Let Thiruvambadi and Paramekkavu speak their truths,” said Gopi.
“I went there to question the police excess on hundreds of Pooram enthusiasts. I had told the media that the collector and the commissioner should not be transferred or punished under any circumstance. I will show them how to conduct a pooram in 2025,” Suresh Gopi said while addressing the crowd.
After the Thiruvambady faction halted pooram proceedings after the rituals were disrupted, the visuals of Suresh Gopi arriving in an ambulance belonging to the Sevabharathi, the RSS’s community service wing, to resolve the issue went viral on social media. The ruling LDF and the opposition UDF alleged a conspiracy behind bringing Suresh Gopi in an ambulance into a closed area without access to other vehicles.
