Thiruvananthapuram : Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan was on Wednesday refused party ticket for next month’s state Assembly elections.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) politburo decided not to give party nomination to the incumbent chief minister.
The state Home minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan will lead the party’s campaign in the polls.
The CPI-M politburo met to decide the candidates for the 93 seats in Kerala that the party will contest.
Kerala goes to the polls on April 13.