Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 'Narendra Modi is my political God,' says Malayalam actor Suresh Gopi marking BJP's debut victory in Kerala

Actorturnedpolitician Suresh Gopi who is poised for a historic win in the parliamentary seat of Thrissur said he is ecstatic about the BJP breaching the bastion in Kerala according to trends announced by the Election Commission on Tuesday in the counting of votes in the 2024 Lok Sabha electionsWhat was very impossible became gloriously possible said the actor who contested from the seat for the second time after losing in the last general elections in 2019Gopi said he bowed down to the truly secular voters of Thrissur adding that there were attempts to corrupt the voters mind away from the BJP but the Gods led them in the correct pathAttempts were made to mislead the voters but God led them on the correct path to accept my party through me even if some of you feel that this is a miracle this miracle was imminentThe victory is due to peoples blessings I bow down to the truly secular voters of Thrissur who made this victory possible the actor saidHe further said that Narendra Modi is my political God I am not believing in just a manifestoI will work for the whole KeralaI will work as Kerala MPThe 65yearold actor said I am in totally an ecstatic mood What was very impossible became gloriously possibleit was not a 62day campaign process it was an emotional carriage for the past 7 yearsI work for Kerala as a whole My first pick will be to have AIIMSGopi also credited his victory to the BJP workers who worked in his election campaignI also credit my party workers who worked in more than a thousand booths in the constituency A lot of mothers and sisters from other districts and states also worked for me Many of them came from Mumbai Madhya Pradesh and Delhi Their effort made a positive impact he saidSuresh Gopi was leading with 400706 votes in the Thrissur constituency with a margin of 73091 votes over V S Sunil Kumar of the CPI and Congress Muraleedharan of the Congress who polled 319560 votes as per data on the poll bodys website at 2 pmCongress leader Rahul Gandhi was leading by 328460 votes in Wayanad constituency over his nearest rival CPIs Annie Raja as per Election Commission data Congress sitting MP Shashi Tharoor took a lead over BJPs Rajeev Chandrasekhar in Thiruvananthapuram with 325896 votes and CPIs Pannian Raveendran in third spot data by EC saidCongress KC Venugopal was leading with 364811 votes against nearest rival AM Ariff of the CPI M while BJPs Sobha Surendran trailed in the third placeThe polling in Kerala was held in single phase on April 26 The voter turnout was recorded at 7127 per cent Out of the total 27749158 voters in Kerala a total of 19777478 exercised their franchiseIn the 2019 General Elections the National Democratic Alliance NDA led by the BJP failed to open its account in the southern stateIn its attempt to garner votes in Kerala the BJP focussed on the Christian community in the state which accounts for 1838 per cent of the total populationMeanwhile the National Democratic Alliance NDA led by the BJP crossed the majority mark in early leads and the INDIA bloc above 200 defying all exit poll predictionsThe BJP is currently leading on 240 seats as per the latest trends by the ECI The Lok Sabha elections were held across the country in seven phases from April 19 to June 1This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever