V. S. Achuthanandan

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Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan (20 October 1923 – 21 July 2025), also known by his initials VS, was an Indian communist politician, independence activist, marxist theoretician, writer and statesman who was the Chief Minister of Kerala from 2006 to 2011. At 82, he was the oldest person to have assumed the office. He was affiliated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He served as the chairman of the Kerala Administrative Reforms Commission from 2016 to 2021. He served as the Leader of the Opposition for 15 years, making him the longest serving Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. Achuthanandan was a member of the CPI(M) Politburo from 1985 until July 2009, when he was reverted to the Central Committee of the party owing to his ideological dispositions. Achuthanandan initiated various actions as Chief Minister, including the demolition drive in Munnar which reclaimed acres of illegally occupied land, the demolition drive on Kochi's M. G. Road which claimed...

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