THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Actor and former MP Suresh Gopi has been inducted into the BJP state core committee. Suresh Gopi was given the official charge bypassing the conventional norms of the party. The decision is based on the central directive.

Till now only the president, past presidents and general secretaries were included in the core committee. It is estimated that state president K Surendran is also in favor of Suresh Gopi being part of the leadership. The BJP central leadership has been trying for a long time to increase the power of the party in Kerala by focusing on the actor-politician. But it was the actor himself who stood in the way of him being inducted into the core committee. The new decision was taken after he gave the nod.