KOCHI: Union Minister Suresh Gopi has issued a strong warning to the media. He demanded to remove the media from the Ernakulam Guest House. Suresh Gopi demanded removal of the media when they asked him about his anger over questions on the Jabalpur issue yesterday. He went into the room without even pretending to hear their questions and later demanded to vacate them from there.

The receptionist was informed via his gunman to remove the media from there. Following this, the guest house officials informed the media that they are causing inconvenience to the union minister and therefore asked them to vacate from there. The minister also gave strict directions that not a single media should be present in the vicinity of the guest house when he is leaving.

Suresh Gopi was irked with the media when they asked his response on the attack towards Malayali priests in Jabalpur. Who are you and what are you asking? Talk carefully. Who is the media here? The people are big here. Suresh Gopi said, be careful, and I don’t want to talk to you. He also said go and ask the question to John Brittas'.

The chief minister, union ministers and state ministers stay in the guesthouse when they are in Kochi. They meet the media here. They take a sympathetic approach to questions. In the meantime, came Suresh Gopi's ban on the media.