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Pinarayi Vijayan will be CM and VS Achuthanandan Kerala’s Fidel Castro

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Published : May 21, 2016, 4:25 am IST
Updated : May 21, 2016, 4:25 am IST

Pinarayi Vijayan will be the next chief minister of Kerala and V.S.

CPI(M) general-secretary Sitaram Yechury with party leader Pinarayi Vijayan in Thiruvananthapuram. (Photo: PTI)
 CPI(M) general-secretary Sitaram Yechury with party leader Pinarayi Vijayan in Thiruvananthapuram. (Photo: PTI)

Pinarayi Vijayan will be the next chief minister of Kerala and V.S. Achuthanandan, who is “Kerala’s Fidel Castro”, will “guide and inspire the party,” CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury announced at a media conference attended by Mr Achuthanandan, who was considered a front-runner for chief ministership, and CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan.

The state secretariat chose Mr Vijayan as the leader of the CPI(M) Legislature Party in the presence of Mr Yechury, Prakash Karat and S. Ramachandran Pillai. The central leaders then summoned Mr Achuthanandan and conveyed the decision to him. The veteran leader, who didn’t oppose the decision, returned to his residence without reacting to questions from the media.

Mr Achuthanandan came back to AKG Centre in the afternoon to attend the state committee meeting which endorsed the secretariat decision on Mr Vijayan.