The Chief Minister of Keral Pinarayi Vijayan, Secretary General of CPI (M) MA Baby, State Secretary of CPI (M) MV Govindan on Monday provides the final remains of the former cm vs Achuthanandan at the old AKG center in Thiruvananthapuram. | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran
The Chief Minister of Keral Pinaraya Vijayan portrayed the late Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M)) leader Vs Achuthanandan as a proletarian leader of “extraordinary power, a steadfast sense of political purpose and a ten -year communist heritage of very resistant injustice”.
In his statement, Mr. Vijayan said that the Stemorian communist devoted his lives to people. Mr. Achuthanandan’s life remained linked to the history and formation of modern kerals.
Mr. Vijayan said that Mr. Achuthanandan’s contributions as the main minister, the opposition leader, the State Secretary of CPI (M), a member of the Policy Authority for 23 years, and the chairman of the Commission for Administrative Reforms Keral was unrivaled.
‘End of era’
The end of the era is Mr. Achuthanandan. His departure is a loss for the Communist movement and also for the democratic progressive movement in the country.
Mr. Vijayan said that memories of cooperation with Mr. Achuthanandan flooded him.
He remembered the courts and tribulation that Mr. Achuthanandan faced in his long life. Mr. Achuthanandan was during the colonial era in the forefront of the fight against feudalism, nausea, caste and exploitation. The Communist Movement in Kerala promoted him as the main minister of the state.
Mr. Vijayan said that Mr. Achuthanandan was the last of 32 leaders who, after the 1964 division, created CPI (M). Mr. Achuthanandan was the last link between the independence movement and contemporary policy. “The price of the political presence now eclipses,” he said.
Mr. Vijayan said that Mr. Achuthanandan’s name was synonymous with the stormy uprising of Punnappara-Vayalar against Landlor, repressive feudalism and serfdom.
“Mr. Achuthanandan has contributed to the growth of the communist movement. The party, in turn, contributed to the rise of Mr. Achuthanandan as a powerful working class leader and later the main minister,” said Mr. Vijayan.
He remembered that Mr. Achuthanandan joined the Communist Party at the age of 17 in 1940.
Mr. Achuthanandan led resistance to custody, wages of slaves and oppression of caste. He organized connecting agricultural workers in Alappuzha, demanding landlords and colonial police.
Mr. Achuthanandan initially founded Travancore Karshaka Thzhilali Union, who later became Kerala State Karshaka Thzhilali Union, the largest agricultural workers in the state in the state.
Working class agitation
The score of the working class, led by Mr. Achuthanandan, changed the sociopolitical landscape of Kuttanad. He struggled to take over excess land, minimum wages, the same reward for agricultural workers for men and women, standing in their employment and termination of custody.
Proletarian agitation led by Mr. Achuthanandan was a deadly knare from “Chap Sambradayam”, where employees threw metal chips on the waiting crowd of daily wages in the port of Kochi.
Mr. Vijayan remembered that Mr. Achuthanandan slept harshly, left without the Viks, and traveled out the remote villages in Kuttanad to organize agricultural workers against the feudal regime.
The government arrested Mr. Achuthanandan in 1948 after banning the Communist Party. Mr. Achuthanandan increased through the series on the side and was a member of his 85 years. “VS has changed its experience in the power of the communist movement,” he added.
‘Anchored party’
Mr. Achuthanandan was among the high leaders who anchored the party when the Revanlansist and the extremist tendencies after the 1964 disintegration liied the organization.
Mr. Achuthanandan has crossed policy by focusing on environmental protection, human rights and equality of women and men, and in this process he gained public acceptance of mammoth.
Published – July 21st 2025 21:20
