V.S. Achuthanandan was the only CPI(M) leader to visit K.K. Rema after T.P. Chandrasekharan's murder in Kozhikode that shocked Kerala
The state will be in mourning for three days as a mark of respect towards V.S. Achuthanandan, who was the most senior leader of the CPI(M)
On October 20th, CPI(M) workers in Alappuzha's Punnapra would customarily distribute payasam and sweets at the Velikkakath house to celebrate the birthday of the leader, who spent the final years of his life in Thiruvananthapuram.
It all started with the CPI(M)'s 1987 decision pushed by former CM EMS Namboodiripad that the party should fight elections cutting any links with "communal" parties
The former Kerala chief minister and veteran Communist leader, V.S. Achuthanandan, passed away at 101 today, days after he suffered a cardiac arrest