Union Minister Suresh Gopi Calls Indira Gandhi "Mother of India"
Deccan ChronicleThrissur: 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". 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. Urging mediapersons not to add any political connotation to his visit to Karunakaran memorial, the BJP leader said he came here to pay his respects to his "guru". Gopi said as he viewed Indira Gandhi as "bharathathinte mathavu", Karunakaran was the "father of the Congress party in the state" for him.