Kerala CM fails to get party ticket

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.