Complaint alleges BJP MP Suresh Gopi is 'missing', student leader seeks probe

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A Kerala Students' Union (KSU) leader accused senior Bhartiya Janata Party leader and Union minister Suresh Gopi of being “inaccessible” to the people of his constituency.

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00:00Was Union Minister and MP Suresh Gopi really missing?

00:03Well, that depends on who you ask.

00:05It all started when Kerala Students' Union District President Gokul Guru Vayur

00:08filed a complaint with Thrissur Police in Kerala on August 10.

00:11He claimed the minister hadn't been seen in his constituency since July 26

00:15after two Malayali nuns were arrested in Chhattesgad,

00:18a case Gopi had called fabricated.

00:21Gokul says Gopi has been inaccessible for weeks.

00:23Even Thrissur's Mayor and Revenue Minister K. Rajan, he claims,

00:26couldn't reach him to inaugurate a central government project.

00:29Calls to his office here just went unanswered,

00:31with no one able to say where the MP was or when he'd return.

00:35In the last two months, the MP, who is also a union minister,

00:38has been completely missing from any events in the constituency,

00:41said Gokul Guru Vayur.

00:42The KSU, the Congress Party's student wing,

00:44says both the public and even BJP workers have raised concerns.

00:48They've now announced a poster campaign demanding action to find the minister.

00:52The email complaint, they admit, is a symbolic protest,

00:54but one meant to draw attention to what they call his silence on key issues.

00:58From Chhattisgarh arrest to voter list manipulation allegations.

01:01Suresh Koppi is the only BJP MP from Kerala.

01:04After the complaint made headlines, he posted pictures from parliament,

01:08proof he said he was on official duty.

01:09He even shared details of a meeting with senior officials

01:12from the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on the Prime Minister Ujwala Yochna.

01:16So, missing in Thrissur, present in Delhi.

01:18The debate now is less about where Suresh Koppi is,

01:21and more about where people think he should be.

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