Will the ‘Suresh Gopi effect’ work again in Thrissur?

2026-03-21 - 15:10

The actor won the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Thrissur with a massive margin of 74,840 votes, giving BJP its first MP from the State. The key question for the party is whether his vote-pulling ability can transfer to another candidate; this time, Padmaja Venugopal in the Assembly election. Critics argue that the sheen of the LS poll victory has since faded