Achuthanandan returns to his official residence

 Alappuzha/Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 22
Former Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan Sunday returned to his official residence in Thiruvananthapuram from Alappuzha.

The 21st Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) conference plunged into a crisis when 91-year-old party veteran Achuthanandan walked out of the meeting Saturday in Alappuzha.

The conference began Friday to elect a new state secretary in place of Pinarayi Vijayan, who has completed his tenure.

Achuthanandan was pulled up at the state CPI-M conference for breaching party discipline, following which he walked out of the meet and revealed his intention to step down as the leader of opposition in the state assembly.