Did Suresh Gopi never want to serve as Union Minister?

A year after becoming Kerala's first-ever Lok Sabha MP, Union Minister Suresh Gopi expressed his desire to step down from his ministerial post, citing a drop in his income. The desire comes a year after Gopi made a similar remark days into his tenure as a Minister of State in the Narendra Modi cabinet, only to deny it soon after.

Did Gopi, who entered politics after his films began to perform poorly at the box office over the past decade, never intend to serve as a Union Minister?

What made him hint at an exit immediately after taking the oath as a minister in 2024?

Veteran Malayalam actor Suresh Gopi, known for action-packed roles in over 250 films, transitioned to politics amid a career slump. In the mid-2000s, hits like Chinthamani Kolacase (2006), kept him afloat, but subsequent releases such as Lanka, Rashtram, and Pathaaka (all 2006) bombed at the box office.