Thiruvananthapuruam, Dec 31: With a probable cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it’s speculated that fashionable actor Suresh Gopi would possibly get a berth.
Gopi, who until April, was a nominated member by BJP to the Rajya Sabha, was eager to get an extension and he wished that the extension comes with a cabinet berth.
Gopi was a candidate on the 2019 Lok Sabha ballot from the Trissur constituency and in addition within the 2021 Trissur meeting constituency, and on each events, he gave a fright to the second positioned candidate and was typically appreciated by all that somebody with no political expertise, put up a superb combat.
One motive why Gopi’s title comes up every time when there’s a discuss on cabinet growth, is as a result of the nationwide BJP for lengthy has been determined to enter Lok Sabha from Kerala and the solace for them has been one of the best that the efficiency thus far has been by BJP veteran O. Rajagopal on the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. When he got here second and in 2019, BJP chief Kummanam Rajasekheran additionally completed second.
The nationwide BJP management feels that their finest likelihood is at Thiruvananthapuram and Gopi, who resides within the state capital, is one of the best face they will put up. Likewise one other seat which the occasion feels can put up a superb combat is Trissur and there too, Gopi is fashionable.
And with that in thoughts, there’s a likelihood that Gopi’s induction may be fruitful for the BJP to open its account within the Lok Sabha.
In the primary Modi cabinet, Okay.J. Alphons was within the cabinet and after his time period within the Upper House ended early this 12 months, he doesn’t maintain any submit aside from being a member within the occasion nationwide govt.
Incidentally, there are two Malayalees in Modi’s cabinet – V. Muraleedharan and Rajiv Chandrasekhar.
But the laborious actuality that stares on the BJP management is that the lone meeting seat that they gained within the 2016 meeting polls was misplaced to CPI-M on the 2021 meeting polls and therefore eyeing a victory to Lok Sabha in 2024 from Kerala may be a far-fetched dream and therefore, Gopi must preserve his fingers crossed for some extra time.
And in case Gopi will get the nod, then he must be elected to the Upper House from another state.
As talks start of Union cabinet rejig, Kerala’s Suresh Gopi’s title surfaces IANS 31 December 2022 Post Your Comments
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