Union minister Suresh Gopi on Sunday issued a clarification over his recent remarks where he called former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi "mother of India", stating that his comments were misinterpreted.
the actor-turned-politician explained that he had referred to Indira Gandhi as the mother of Congress party in India and said that there was nothing wrong in it.
As far as the Congress is concerned...whether anyone likes it or not... K Karunakaran is the father of the Congress party in Kerala.
In India, its mother is Indira Gandhi.
advertisementHowever, the minister of state for petroleum and tourism continued to heap praises on Indira Gandhi calling her the "real architect of India post independence".
Union minister Suresh Gopi on Sunday issued a clarification over his recent remarks where he called former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi "mother of India", stating that his comments were misinterpreted.
the actor-turned-politician explained that he had referred to Indira Gandhi as the mother of Congress party in India and said that there was nothing wrong in it.
"What did I say? As far as the Congress is concerned...whether anyone likes it or not... K Karunakaran is the father of the Congress party in Kerala. In India, its mother is Indira Gandhi. I said this from my heart," Suresh Gopi said, according to news agency PTI.
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However, the minister of state for petroleum and tourism continued to heap praises on Indira Gandhi calling her the "real architect of India post independence".
"I have to make these attributions anyway. I cannot forget a person who had worked sincerely for the country only because she belonged to the political rival party," he said
"Simply because Indira Gandhi is Congress, and for that draconian act of hers, I cannot sway away from attributing. I will call her the real architect of India post-independence until my death," the BJP leader added
#WATCH | Union Minister Suresh Gopi says, "Simply because my father's family was a Congress family, my mother's family worked up to the formation of Janasangh in Kerala... I was in the SFI. But the reason behind my shift was not political. It was emotional. I will live my lifeâæ pic.twitter.com/RZbyKBkpQr — ANI (@ANI) June 16, 2024
Talking about his association with the Students' Federation of India (SFI), the student wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM), during his college days, he said, "Simply because my father's family was a Congress family, my mother's family worked up to the formation of Janasangh in Kerala...I was in the SFI. But the reason behind my shift was not political. It was emotional."
"I will live my life emotionally as well, acceptable to all classes of life, all segments of life, all levels of life... My parentage, my traditions, the essence of Sanatana Dharma- I have to perform all those valuable traits," he added.
Gopi won the Thrissur Lok Sabha seat recently, opening the BJP's electoral account in Kerala.
Thrissur had witnessed a three-way contest for the Lok Sabha polls, with major candidates from the Congress, BJP, and CPI locked in a neck-and-neck battle.
(With inputs from agencies.)
Published By: Ashutosh Acharya Published On: Jun 16, 2024
