Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan, is an Indian politician who has been the twentieth Chief Minister of Kerala state since May 2006. He has also been a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI) since 1985. He was removed from the Politburo in July, 2009 on the allegations of violation of party discipline by taking a stand against party line.



