The Karuvannur Cooperative Bank scam has given outsize political importance to the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency in the run-up to the 2024 parliamentary polls.
Notably, Thrissur has emerged as the hotbed of the high-profile political wrangling over the suspected ₹320-crore banking fraud that has riveted public attention and cast the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] leadership in the district under a harsh spotlight. It appeared not lost on the CPI(M) that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sees a fighting chance for actor Suresh Gopi in Thrissur. Mr. Gopi had increased BJP’s vote share in Thrissur by 17.05% in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Moreover, the actor has been a ubiquitous political presence in the district, ostensibly laying the ground for his LS electoral campaign.
