Union Minister Suresh Gopi calls Indira Gandhi "mother of India"

Union Minister Suresh Gopi on Wednesday described former PM Indira Gandhi as the “mother of India” and late Congress Chief Minister K Karunakaran as a “courageous administrator”.

The BJP leader also called Karnuakaran and Marxist veteran E K Nayanar as his “political gurus”.

Gopi was speaking to reporters after visiting the memorial of Karunakaran, “Murali Mandiram” located in Punkunnam here.

Interestingly, Suresh Gopi had won Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency by dashing the hopes of Karunakaran’s son and Congress leader K Muraleedharan who finished third in a triangular contest in the April 26 polls.