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Last Updated Wednesday November 25 2020 02:43 PM IST

Happy Birthday VS: CPM veteran turns 94

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Happy Birthday, VS: CPM veteran turns 94 VS celebrating his birthday with family. Photo: Rinku Raj Mattancheriyil

Thiruvananthapuram: CPM veteran and former Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan celebrated his 94th birthday with family and fans at his residence on Friday.

The much-respected leader, known for his wit and one-liners, cut a cake marking his stride into the 95th year of a life still embossed with the vigor of communist fervor and an undying spirit of struggle.

VS, who is also the chairman of the Administrative Reforms Commission, known for his aversion to pomp and elaborate celebrations, spent his birthday with a limited function and a Kerala sadya. He also treated the visitors and mediapersons to a 'payasam'.  

At his official residence, Kowdiar House, he was busy attending phone calls bringing birthday wishes, including Congress leader V.M. Sudheeran and Sitaram Yechury.

He also received gifts from friends and partymen, including a song about him, gifted to him by Renil Chelambra, a die-hard fan of the seasoned statesman.

Responding to the mediapersons who asked him to comment on the song, VS quipped with a smile, "Good song, isn't it?"

He also had a special message on his birthday, 'defeat the forces threatening the country and the state and march ahead'.

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    Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan, popularly known as VS, is one of the most iconic figures of Kerala politics in recent times. He turns 94 Friday. Photo: Manorama

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    VS is known to stand by his ideologies even if his party is treading a different path. He met the mother of Jishnu Pranoy, an engineering student who allegedly committed suicide,while CM Pinarayi refused to meet his family. Photo: Manorama

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    VS meets the mother of Jisha, a Dalit girl who was found murdered at her house in Perumbavoor. Photo: Manorama

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    VS shares the grief of K.K. Rema, wife of slain RMP leader T.P. Chandrasekharan.

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    VS with his 'arch rival' in the party, Pinarayi Vijayan. Photo: Manorama

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    Young at heart, VS is only happy to oblige to the demands of little ones. Photo: Manorama

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    VS initiating a child into the world of letters during the Vidyarambham ritual. Photo: Manorama

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    His plunge into the politics at a young age could have meant VS got little personal time. VS got married to K. Vasumathy on July 17, 1967, at the age of 44. Photo: Manorama

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    VS looks on as CPM leader E.M.S. Namboothiripad lays the foundation stone of Communist Party's 50th year memorial at Pinarayi in Kannur. Photo: Manorama

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    VS is a popular figure in media. Photo: Manorama

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Last year, VS' 93rd birthday was during the assembly session and legislators welcomed him with a thumping on desks when speaker P. Sreeramakrishnan announced his birthday.

VS was born in Punnapra, Alappuzaha, on October 20, 1923.

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