The veteran Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader and former Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achutanandan is to be cremated with full state honours at his birthplace Punnapra.
One of India’s most respected Communist figures and a key presence in Kerala’s political history, Achutanandan died on Monday at the age of 101, drawing the curtain on an eight-decade-long fierce struggle for the proletariat that the southern state had witnessed.
The procession carrying the mortal remains of former Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan reached his hometown, Alappuzha, on Wednesday morning, significantly delayed from its official schedule as reported by PTI.
A large number of mourners from all walks of life, paying their last respects to the Marxist veteran, delayed the final journey of the stalwart, a tireless advocate for the working class across his eight-decade political career.
A large number of mourners filed past his house to . Party leaders, members and the public raised slogans in tribute as the bus arrived, and the first public viewing happened at the house pay their respects. VS Achuthanandan‘s only surviving sibling, Azhikutty, is also at the ancestral home to bid him farewell reported The New India Express.
The funeral of Achuthanandan will be held with full State honours at Punnapra-Vayalar Martyrs’ Memorial at Valiya Chudukkad. He will be laid to rest close to the final resting places of legendary communist figures, including P. Krishna Pillai, T.V. Thomas, N. Sreedharan, P.K. Chandranandan, and K.R. Gouri, bringing to a close a historic procession that has turned into a people’s tribute to one of Kerala’s most iconic political figures, The Hindu Reported.
The Alappuzha district administration has declared a holiday for all government offices and schools, including professional colleges in the district, on Wednesday.
