Following Thushar Vellapally’s move to Wayanad as the NDA candidate in that constituency, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday, 2 April 2019, night announced that they will field Malayalam actor Suresh Gopi as their candidate from the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency for the upcoming polls. The decision was announced by the BJP Central Election Committee on Tuesday night.
Speaking to Asianet News, Suresh Gopi said,
“The National Secretary of the party, on the directions given by PM Modi had called me yesterday morning and requested me to contest in the elections and I agreed.”

