Suresh Gopi's 'salute' controversy rages as Cong stages protests

Thiruvananthapuram: The controversy that surfaced after superstar and Rajya Sabha member Suresh Gopi on Wednesday said he politely asked a Sub Inspector of the Kerala Police to salute him as he is an MP, on Thursday took a different turn when Youth Congress workers at Palakkad staged a protest against him.

Armed with chappals, a group of Youth Congress workers chanting his hugely popular film dialogue in the film 'Commissioner', where he as a police officer takes on the wife of a politician in the film, asked why should you (Suresh Gopi) be given a salute.

The protesters were holding a chappal in their right hand and was seen saluting, when the chanting of the film dialogue was going on. But Gopi who met the media on Thursday said what he does not like is that the salute should never be based on politics.