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BJP MP Suresh Gopi Wants To Quit As Minister Of State: It was a historic day for India on June 9 as the BJP-led NDA-proposed Narendra Modi took oath as the Prime Minister of India for the third consecutive term, second only to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Along with PM Modi, his 71-membered Council of Ministers were also sworn-in as ministers at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, by the President of India Droupadi Murmu. A day after the Swearing-in Ceremony, first BJP MP elected from Kerala Suresh Gopi, who was sworn-in as a Minister of State, may give up his ministerial post and has hinted at the fact that he may be relieved soon.
As mentioned earlier, actor-turned-politician, Suresh Gopi, who is the first Member of Parliament from the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kerala, is considering giving up his ministerial post. Hours after his swearing-in, Suresh Gopi hinted at ‘wanting to get relieved from the Cabinet’ and this means that he may be dropped from the Cabinet soon.
In a statement to Malayalam television channels in Delhi, after the swearing-in ceremony, Suresh Gopi said, “I want to work as an MP. My stand was that I didn’t want it (Cabinet berth). I had told (the party) that I was not interested in it (Cabinet berth). I think I will be relieved soon. The people of Thrissur know very well. I will perform very well as an MP. I want to act in films. Let the party decide.”
In order of them being sworn-in, take a look at the complete list of ministers part of PM Modi’s Council of Ministers..
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