Kerala actor and MP Suresh Gopi’s ‘Kaineettam’ spree kicks up a row

By Express News Service

THRISSUR: Suresh Gopi, actor and BJP’s Rajya Sabha member, has been roaming within the cultural capital in a Kaineettam (giving a present on the event of Vishu) spree, which has kicked up an issue with criticism coming from all corners for permitting girls to the touch his ft for getting Re 1 coin as a Vishu (first day of the astronomical yr) reward.

A video that was recorded by an area individual has gone viral on social media. In the video, Suresh Gopi is seen sitting in a car as girls who’re given Kaineettam contact his ft and need him a ‘Happy Vishu’.

Though children contact the ft of elders in lots of components of the state whereas receiving Kaineettam, the incident which passed off on a roadside sparked a controversy.

Earlier, when Suresh Gopi visited temples together with the Sree Vadakumnathan temple, he had supplied Rs 1,001 to the principle priest telling him to provide it as Kaineettam to the youngsters who visited the temple on Vishu day. Following a public outcry, Cochin Devaswom Board members nominated by the LDF authorities together with MLA P Balachandran had come out towards it and even issued a directive to the monks to not settle for cash from any devotees.

In reply to the criticism from Left leaders, Suresh Gopi throughout an occasion referred to as them “frogs that keep on scratching,” including that such individuals did not deserve any solutions.

On Wednesday, CPM district secretary M M Varghese informed the media that Suresh Gopi is attempting to politicize Vishu and Kaineettam, which can’t be allowed. “Using temples and such festivals for political gains cannot be left unaddressed and people will realise the crookedness,” he stated.

BJP flays CPM males’s diktat to temple monks 

In protest towards the directive of the Cochin Devaswom Board, the BJP organised a gathering in entrance of Sree Vadakkumnathan temple right here on Thursday and distributed Kaineettam to all devotees who visited the temple. 

Inaugurating the assembly, BJP district president KK Aneeshkumar identified that it’s the proper of a devotee to go to a temple and supply dakshina to the priest. A priest additionally has the appropriate to do no matter he needs to do with the dakshina he receives from the devotees.

“Who is M M Varghese to say what devotees should do in a temple? The Devaswom Board acting according to the CPM district secretary’s instructions cannot be allowed,” he stated.