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  • Suresh Gopi on Indira Gandhi: Suresh Gopi clarifies ‘mother of India’ reference about Indira Gandhi

    A day after his reference to former prime minister Indira Gandhi as “mother of India” received widespread attention, Union Minister Suresh Gopi on Sunday clarified that he called the late leader the mother of the Congress party in the country and his remarks were misinterpreted by the media.

    The actor-turned-politician said he was a person talking from the heart and he firmly believed that there was nothing wrong in what he said about Indira Gandhi.

    While addressing the media here, the BJP leader asked the reporters whether they don’t understand the “contextual meaning of language.” “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.

    The minister of state for petroleum and tourism, however, continued to lavish praises on Indira Gandhi on Sunday as well.

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    “Indira Gandhi is the real architect of India post independence and until her demise. 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 added. While visiting the memorial of late Congress Chief Minister K Karunakaran in Thrissur on Saturday, Gopi had described Indira Gandhi as the “mother of India” and Karunakaran as a “courageous administrator”. The BJP leader had also said that he considered Karunakaran and Marxist veteran E K Nayanar his “political gurus”.

    Gopi said as he viewed Indira Gandhi as “bharathathinte mathavu” (mother of India), Karunakaran was the “father of the Congress party in the state” for him.

    He explained that describing Karunakaran as the “father” of the Congress in Kerala was not a disrespect to the founders or co-founders of the grand old party in the state.

    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.

  • Petition to withdraw ban on CBI probe against Life Mission CEO dismissed

    20 October The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed on behalf of the CBI seeking withdrawal of the interim order against the CEO of Life Mission, a residential project in the state, for its investigation. This investigation was to take place in connection with the alleged FCRA violation in connection with the money received for the construction of buildings in Thrissur district.

    Dismissing the petition, the court said the CBI’s plea could be considered after a counter affidavit was filed on the petition of Life Mission. Life Mission has filed a petition challenging the central agency to register an FIR against its unnamed officials.

    The CBI said that due to the restraining order, the agency is unable to collect the life mission files and is unable to collect documents from the state government in connection with the case.

    The case was registered on the basis of a complaint by Congress MLA Anil Akkara. He alleged that the Foreign Fund (Regulation) Act (FCRA) was violated in the funds provided by the UEA aid agency in implementing the housing scheme for the poor.