Vs Achutanandan

Amidst continuing controversy over the location of his new office, Marxist veteran and Chairman of Kerala Administrative Reforms Commission VS Achutanandan on Monday expressed displeasure over lack of facilities for him at the Assembly complex.

As it announced that Pinarayi Vijayan will be Kerala's new chief minister, the CPI-M said 92-year-old VS Achuthanandan, who it did not pick, remains an important man. The party's Fidel Castro, said general secretary Sitaram Yechury.

VS Achutanandan started his union work early. He was still in his teens, working in a coir factory, when he began organising workers. With very little formal education, it was his ability to connect with the people that saw him rise through the party ranks. He is outspoken and has offended and been chastised by his party over the years. And his rep...

The dividing line between friends and foes is thin enough in politics. But it becomes tricky when two parties are allies in one state - and bitter opponents in another, at the same time. The case in point - the Left and the Congress. The two parties are bitter enemies in Kerala, which votes next Monday. In Bengal, where assembly polls just got over...

Opposition parties in Kerala today walked out of the Assembly, boycotting Governor P Sathasivam's address.

Kerala Information Commissioner K Natarajan, who was suspended for allegedly interfering in a land assignment case involving former chief minister VS Achuthanandan, today moved the High Court challenging the action against him.

The director general of prosecution (DGP) informed Kerala High Court Tuesday that former chief minister and veteran CPM leader VS Achuthanandan has been arraigned as the prime accused in a land scam case involving his relative and the chargesheet will be filed soon.

Kerala's Information Commissioner K Natarajan has been accused of trying to protect former chief minister VS Achutanandan in a land scam case by an investigating officer who has furnished audio recordings that he claims prove he is being pressured. The former chief minister and Left leader, who is the key accused in the case, has distanced himself ...

Kerala's Information Commissioner K Natarajan is under state police scanner for allegedly influencing the investigation into the Kasaragode land scam and trying to protect former chief minister VS Achutanandan, who is a key accused in the case.

Opposing the release of former minister and Kerala Congress (B) leader Balakrishna Pillai from jail, Kerala opposition leader VS Achuthanandan today moved the Supreme Court, challenging the early release.

A day after the Left Democratic Front led by him lost the assembly polls, V.S. Achuthanandan on Saturday resigned as the Kerala Chief Minister while the Congress-led United Democratic Front said it will introspect as to why its margin of victory was so thin.Right from the morning, a steady stream of top officials and political leaders came to call ...

The outgoing Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan, whose Left Democratic Front (LDF) lost power to the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in the state assembly polls, said they would now function as a "tough opposition" working for people's benefit."We will function as a very tough opposition with the only objective of doing good for the ...

Suijith has got VS Achuthanandan's expression right the very first attempt. The cartoonist says practice has made him almost perfect.

Amidst continuing controversy over the location of his new office, Marxist veteran and Chairman of Kerala Administrative Reforms Commission VS Achutanandan on Monday expressed displeasure over lack of facilities for him at the Assembly complex.

As it announced that Pinarayi Vijayan will be Kerala's new chief minister, the CPI-M said 92-year-old VS Achuthanandan, who it did not pick, remains an important man. The party's Fidel Castro, said general secretary Sitaram Yechury.

VS Achutanandan started his union work early. He was still in his teens, working in a coir factory, when he began organising workers. With very little formal education, it was his ability to connect with the people that saw him rise through the party ranks. He is outspoken and has offended and been chastised by his party over the years. And his rep...

The dividing line between friends and foes is thin enough in politics. But it becomes tricky when two parties are allies in one state - and bitter opponents in another, at the same time. The case in point - the Left and the Congress. The two parties are bitter enemies in Kerala, which votes next Monday. In Bengal, where assembly polls just got over...

Opposition parties in Kerala today walked out of the Assembly, boycotting Governor P Sathasivam's address.

Kerala Information Commissioner K Natarajan, who was suspended for allegedly interfering in a land assignment case involving former chief minister VS Achuthanandan, today moved the High Court challenging the action against him.

The director general of prosecution (DGP) informed Kerala High Court Tuesday that former chief minister and veteran CPM leader VS Achuthanandan has been arraigned as the prime accused in a land scam case involving his relative and the chargesheet will be filed soon.

Kerala's Information Commissioner K Natarajan has been accused of trying to protect former chief minister VS Achutanandan in a land scam case by an investigating officer who has furnished audio recordings that he claims prove he is being pressured. The former chief minister and Left leader, who is the key accused in the case, has distanced himself ...

Kerala's Information Commissioner K Natarajan is under state police scanner for allegedly influencing the investigation into the Kasaragode land scam and trying to protect former chief minister VS Achutanandan, who is a key accused in the case.

Opposing the release of former minister and Kerala Congress (B) leader Balakrishna Pillai from jail, Kerala opposition leader VS Achuthanandan today moved the Supreme Court, challenging the early release.

A day after the Left Democratic Front led by him lost the assembly polls, V.S. Achuthanandan on Saturday resigned as the Kerala Chief Minister while the Congress-led United Democratic Front said it will introspect as to why its margin of victory was so thin.Right from the morning, a steady stream of top officials and political leaders came to call ...

The outgoing Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan, whose Left Democratic Front (LDF) lost power to the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in the state assembly polls, said they would now function as a "tough opposition" working for people's benefit."We will function as a very tough opposition with the only objective of doing good for the ...

Suijith has got VS Achuthanandan's expression right the very first attempt. The cartoonist says practice has made him almost perfect.