Opposition events satirise Suresh Gopis absenteeism from his constituency; KSU information lacking individual criticism

The ruling entrance and opposition in Kerala are resorting to biting political satire to show a harsh highlight on Union Minister of State for Petroleum, Suresh Gopi’s, allegedly excessive ranges of absenteeism from his Lok Sabha constituency in Thrissur and the MP’s “noticiable silence” on the arrest of Kerala nuns in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Chhattisgarh on “doubtful” costs of human trafficking for conversion to Christianity.

The Kerala Students’ Union (KSU), affiliated to the Congress, filed a lacking individual criticism on the East Police Station in Thrissur on Sunday (August 10, 2025). KSU activists will paste look-out notices for Mr. Gopi throughout the Lok Sabha constituency. The KSU will file a writ of habeas corpus within the High Court on Monday (August 11, 2025), searching for the “lacking MP’s” manufacturing in courtroom.

Church leaders additionally chimed in, with the Thrissur Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church Metropolitan, Yuhanon Mar Meletius, sarcastically quipping on social media: “We in Thrissur elected and despatched an actor to New Delhi. He has disappeared since. Wondering whether or not we must always inform the police”. 

General Education Minister and Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] State committee member V. Sivankutty wrote on Facebook: “Posters are showing in Thrissur for a lacking individual”.

KSU district president, Thrissur, Gokul Guruvayoor, advised The Hindu that Mr. Gopi had denied his constituents dedicated illustration.

He stated the veteran actor had received the constituency by leveraging the Christian group’s electoral affect in Thrissur and projecting his on-screen persona as a hyper-masculine superhero preventing injustice.

“However, Mr. Gopi has remained defiantly silent in regards to the unjust arrests of the senior sisters. The pro-Christian picture Mr. Gopi and the BJP offered to voters by demonstrative acts of piety in Churches, together with providing a golden circlet to Mother Mary, appeared to not match actuality,” Mr Gokul stated.

Mr. Gokul stated KSU activists had enquired about Mr. Gopi on the latter’s native workplace at Perinkavu. “The employees had no clue about Mr Gopi’s whereabouts, and their solutions appeared desperately opaque. Thrissur voters really feel betrayed”, he stated.

BJP leaders gave the impression to be loath to touch upon Mr Gopi’s alleged truancy publicly. Nevertheless, a celebration insider conceded that the “escalating marketing campaign” concentrating on Mr Gopi may not augur effectively for the BJP’s strengthening relationship with the Church.

“Mr Gopi’s constitutional workplace prevents him from publicly commenting on a matter nonetheless sub judice. However, like his fellow Union Minister from Kerala, George Kurian, Mr. Gopi may need personally reached out to Church leaders and members of the laity”, he added.