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Mint
7 hours ago
- Politics
- Mint
Kerala ex-CM and veteran Communist leader VS Achuthanandan suffers cardiac arrest, admitted to hospital in Trivandrum
Former Kerala CM VS Achuthanandan was hospitalised on Monday, June 23 after suffering from a heart attack. The veteran Communist leader is 101-years-old, and was admitted at SUT Hospital at Pattom in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram. VC Achuthanandan's has been admitted to the ICU and his condition is currently stable, as per multiple news reports. Fondly known as VS, VS Achuthanandan served as Kerala's Chief Minister from 2006 to 2011 and held the position of Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly for 15 years straight. In 1964, Achuthanandan left the Communist Party of India's (CPI) national council to become one of the founding members of the breakaway CPI(M), reported The Hindu. According to Manorama Online, VS Achuthanandan has been away from active politics due to age-related ailments. Hailed as Kerala's 'revolutionary sun' by his followers, VS Achuthanandan turned 101 last year October. Born on October 20, 1923, into a worker's family in Punnapra, Alappuzha district, VS Achuthanandan studied up to Class VII before stepping into politics through trade union activism in the erstwhile Travancore. Achuthanandan joined the State Congress in 1939 and became a member of the Communist Party in 1940. His commitment to the party came with significant hardships—he was jailed for over five years and spent nearly four and a half years living underground, as per PTI.
The Hindu
8 hours ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
V.S. Achuthanandan, former Kerala CM and Communist veteran, suffers heart attack
V.S. Achuthanandan, former Kerala Chief Minister and veteran leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)], was hospitalised around 10 a.m. on Monday (June 23, 2025) at SUT Hospital at Pattom in Thiruvananthapuram following a heart attack. He is 101 years old. Hospital sources said Mr. Achuthanandan has been admitted to the ICU and that his current condition was stable. Popularly known as 'VS', Mr. Achuthanandan turned 101 on October 20, 2024. Mr. Achuthanandan had been a towering and fiery presence in Kerala politics for decades. Mr. Achuthanandan was born into a family of agricultural workers at Punappara in Alappuzha in 1923. In 1964, Mr. Achuthanandan left the Communist Party of India's (CPI) national council to become one of the founding members of the breakaway CPI(M). The Punnapra-Vayalar uprising, often called Kerala's October Revolution, against the Travancore Diwan's bid to self-rule and to follow the American model of governance led to a mass uprising in which he was tasked with working underground to organise people. But he was arrested in Poonjar and subjected to the worst custodial torture at the Pala police station.
New Indian Express
9 hours ago
- Health
- New Indian Express
Former Kerala CM VS Achuthanandan hospitalised
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Veteran Communist and former chief minister VS Achuthanandan was hospitalised on Monday, following cardiac issues. The 101-year-old leader has been undergoing treatment at a private hospital in the state capital. His condition is stable as of now, said sources close to the family. The leader who was incapacitated following a stroke in 2019, reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest and respiratory issues this morning. He was rushed to the hospital and was admitted in the intensive care unit, with doctors closely monitoring his condition. Achuthanandan is the only Left leader alive among the 32 who had walked out of the 1964 historic CPI council meet to form the CPI(M). A three-time Opposition leader in the state assembly and a long-serving CPM state secretary, the veteran leader was also part of the Kerala assembly till as recent as 2021.
