Achutanandan

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  Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Gets Second Term As Kerala CPM State Secretary

  On expected lines, senior CPM politburo member Kodiyeri Balakrishnan on Sunday was unanimously elected as the party's state secretary for a second three-year term.

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  VS Achutanandan Demands Room In Assembly Complex; Writes To Speaker

  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.

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  Achuthanandan Is CPM's 'Fidel Castro', Pinarayi Is Kerala Chief Minister

  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.

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  Congress Loses Kerala Too, Left Coalition LDF Back: Exit Polls

  A poll of exit polls, aggregating four polls, shows Kerala stick to its record of yo-yo politics, picking the CPM-led Left Democratic Front or LDF over the Congress-led United Democratic Front or UDF, which ruled the state for the last five years.

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  Blog: At 92, The Aura And Appeal Of VS Achutanandan Is Still Strong

  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...

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  Friends In Bengal, Left-Congress Battle Surges In Kerala

  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...

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  Kerala Assembly Witnesses Noisy Scenes

  A heated exchange of words between the ruling and opposition party members was witnessed today in Kerala Assembly over a decade-old case relating to awarding a contract.

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  Kerala Opposition Walks Out of Assembly; Demands Resignation of Finance Minister

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

• Division Bench stays single judge's order quashing case against Achuthanandan

  Ending a brief relief for CPI-M veteran and former chief minister V S Achuthanandan, a Kerala High Court Bench today stayed within hours a single judge's order quashing an First Information Report against him in a land allotment case.

• Kasargod land scam: Kerala Information Commissioner moves High Court against suspension order

  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.

• Kerala land scam: Chargesheet against former chief minister Achuthanandan soon

  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.

• VS Achutanandan denies charges over phone tape expose in land scam

  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 official in trouble over alleged bid to 'absolve' Achuthanandan in Kasaragode land scam case

  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.

• Achutanandan 'unhappy' with Central Committee's resolution, Karat holds firm

  Keeping up his struggle, CPI (M) stalwart V S Achuthanandan has found fault with publication of the recent resolution adopted by the party's Central Committee on Kerala situation, which came down heavily on him for openly attacking the state leadership.

• Kerala panel indicts Achuthanandan for favouring son

  A special seven-member committee of the Kerala assembly on Thursday presented its report indicting V.S. Achuthanandan for flouting rules in getting his son V.A. Arun Kumar appointed as head of two state-run institutions when the veteran Marxist was chief minister.