Bharatiya Janata Party's first MP from Kerela, Suresh Gopi, has called former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi the 'Mother of India'. As per reports from ANI, he also dubbed K. Karunakaran, the late Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Kerala, as a "courageous administrator."

Suresh Gopi made these remarks after visiting Karunakaran's memorial, 'Murali Mandiram,' in Thrissur recently. He was appointed as the Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas as well as the Minister of Tourism in the new Union government.