Overview

• The Thrissur City Police Commissioner ordered a probe into claims that Gopi and his family used a false affidavit to shift their votes into the Lok Sabha seat ahead of the 2024 election.
• Gopi dismissed the charges on August 17, saying the Election Commission should respond and deriding critics as ‘vanaras’ while suggesting they take their case to the Supreme Court.
• Documents surfaced showing his brother Subhash Gopi was registered as a voter in both Thrissur and Kollam constituencies, bolstering allegations of dual registrations.
• Congress and CPI(M) have filed criminal complaints citing irregular enrolment, including nine alleged fake votes in a Punkunnam apartment block and locked flats listed on the rolls.
• Kerala Education Minister V. Sivankutty and Thrissur DCC president Joseph Tajet condemned Gopi’s language as insulting and called for a retraction and full accountability.