Suresh Gopi admits that he used ambulance to reach Thrissur Pooram venue 

Union Minister Suresh Gopi admits using ambulance at Thrissur Pooram due to health issues, sparking political debate.

Union Minister Suresh Gopi has admitted using an ambulance to reach the Thrissur Pooram venue due to health issues. “I had difficulty walking through the crowd because of my leg pain. Some young people, with no political agenda, helped me into the ambulance,” he explained.

Initially, Mr. Gopi had denied arriving at the venue in an ambulance and even challenged a CBI investigation into the matter. However, BJP district President K.K. Aneesh Kumar earlier had said that Gopi travelled to the city by his car and only used the ambulance for a brief distance to access the Pooram venue, as private vehicles were prohibited.

Mr. Gopi also suggested that the controversies surrounding the disruptions at Thrissur Pooram were an attempt to distract from the Karuvannur scam.

The Union MoS claimed that he was rescued from there by some youngsters who put him in an ambulance which was there at the festival site to cater to those in distress.

"I do not need to explain it further. Let the CBI come and investigate. Do they have the courage to bring the CBI. Their entire politics will go up in flames if it happens. You want the truth to come out, bring the CBI," he said.

He further claimed that all these issues were being created to hide financial frauds like the Karuvannur Cooperative Bank scam.

The Thrissur Pooram disruption row has triggered a political debate in the state after Chief Minister Vijayan stated that the Pooram and the other rituals were not disrupted.