Kerala: VS Achuthanandan more likely to step down as chief of administrative reforms fee

Former Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan is more likely to step down from the publish of chairman of the executive reforms fee, a supply near the chief confirmed Saturday.
The 97-year-old Communist chief has chosen to surrender workplace as a result of well being causes and has already vacated his official residence at Kowdiar in Thiruvananthapuram. He has moved to his son Arun Kumar’s residence within the metropolis.
While a proper resignation is awaited, an official stated the announcement shall be made quickly because the chief has already accomplished all of the duties below his purview. The determination comes in step with the completion of the tenure of the LDF authorities in May this yr.

Achuthanandan, who served because the state’s chief minister between 2006 and 2011, was made the top of the then newly-formed administrative reforms fee in 2016 after the LDF got here to energy. It was seen because the LDF transfer to accommodate and hold Achuthanandan in good humour in return for making Pinarayi Vijayan the chief minister. Both leaders share a hostile relationship inside the celebration.
Achuthanandan, as a result of age-related sicknesses, has been preserving away from the general public limelight for the previous yr, particularly after Covid-19 infections surged within the state. He had campaigned for the LDF at just a few public rallies in 2019 on account of public request.