Come back of achu

The great come back of Achu Maman

Malampuzha - V.S. ACHUTHANANDAN (CPM) Wins by 20017 Votes.

Known as achu maman Mr. VS.Achutanandan, mostly to be the next chief minister of Kerala and the present leader of opposition, has made a real come back. He proved that Failure is just another step towards the final success. A passionate and hard working red comrade from kerala has atlast made it to the place he really deserved.

The Opposition Leader of Kerala Assembly, Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan is no intellectual giant like EMS Namboodiripad, nor does he have the charisma of EK Nayanar. And unlike these former CPI (M) chief ministers from upper caste and feudal families, he is from a lower caste and class.

Born at Punnapra near Alappuzha in 1925, he was attracted to politics even while being a school student. He entered into active politics through labour movement and trade union work. He was arrested in 1946 for his participation in the Punnapra Vayalar revolt. He was imprisoned in 1962, 1963 and 1965. In 1965 and 1967 he became a member of the Kerala Assembly from Ambalapuzha. He was a prominent leader of the Indian Communist Party during the fifties and former part of sixties. In the split of the party in 1964 he stood with CPI (M) and became one of the stalwarts of the party. In 1980 he became the State Secretary of CPI (M) and in 1982 he was chosen as the opposition leader in the Kerala Assembly. From 1985 onwards he is Politburo Member of CPI (M). In 1996 he was defeated in Mararikulam Assembly Constituency. In 1998 he took charge as the convener of the co-ordination committee of Left Democratic Front in Kerala. He was elected from Malampuzha constituency in the assembly elections of 2001.

It once looked like if he wins the party fails and if party wins he will loss (something like sachins century) but he proved everything is wrong and came back strongly with a great win a margin of 20K which is not a easy win atleast in kerala where UDF and LDF are both equally strong and a fraction within his party wanted him to fail this time too.

This time too it looked as if the party will not give a ticket for him but after a very strong appeal from the public and within the party he was brought in by the politburo and he proved that it was not a bad decision. He brought back the party to power with a overwhelming majority.

Hope things will go smooth for him from now and will be the next CM. Nothing is sure in politics until it happens. If you remember LDF has a history of making non contesting candidates (E.K,Nayanar was made CM twice / once I don’t remember exactly) CM.

All the Best and a Red Salute.