വിഎസ്: വിപ്ലവ സൂര്യൻ | VS Achuthanandan | Oridathoridath | Episode - 4

Oridathoridath (ഒരിടത്തൊരിടത്ത്) video series featuring the life and political career of V.S. Achuthanandan (വി.എസ്. അച്യുതാനന്ദൻ), one of the tallest leaders of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), CPIM, who often donned the role of a corrective force in Kerala. Comrade VS (വിഎസ്), as he is popularly known, retired from active politics four years ago. He was the Chief Minister of Kerala from 2006 to 2011. At 82, he is the oldest person to have assumed the office. He served as the Chairman of Administrative Reforms in Kerala from 2016 to 2021. Son of Sankaran and Accamma, VS was born at Punnapra on October 20, 1923. Entered politics through trade union activities; joined the State Congress in 1939; became a member of the Communist Party in 1940. Imprisoned for five years and six months; went underground for a total period of four and a half years in 1946, 1954, 1962, 1963, 1965, and 1975 for taking part in the struggle for independence, the Punnapra Vayalar Struggle, and various agitations. He was state secretary of the Kerala CPM from 1980 to 1992; LDF convenor from 1996 to 2000; and Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 1996 and 2001 to 2006.