V S Achuthanandan Resigns As Kerala Chief Minister

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: V S Achuthanandan resigned as Kerala chief minister on Saturday, a day after the Left Democratic Front led by him lost the assembly polls by a slender margin to the Congress-led UDF.

He met state governor R S Gavai and put in his papers earlier in the day.

The outgoing chief minister said he hoped that the new government would not impose corrupt people and sex offenders upon the people of the state.

He said he was ready to be opposition leader is his party ask him to.

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