Overview

• Suresh Gopi told a party event in Kannur on October 12 that he regrets taking a Union minister role and is ready to step down.
• He publicly urged that Rajya Sabha MP C. Sadanandan, a BJP veteran from Kannur, be inducted as a Union minister in his place.
• Gopi said his income from cinema has 'stopped completely' since assuming office and that he wants to resume acting to support his obligations.
• He is Minister of State for Tourism and for Petroleum and Natural Gas and was elected from Thrissur in 2024 as the BJP’s first Lok Sabha MP from Kerala.
• Sadanandan was recently nominated to the Rajya Sabha by President Droupadi Murmu, and there is no official word yet on any cabinet change or acceptance of Gopi’s offer.