Thiruvananthapuram, Saturday, May 14, 2011: Kerala Chief Minister
VS Achuthanandan today submitted his resignation to Governor R S Gavai, accepting the verdict of the assembly polls which gave a slender majority of 72 seats to UDF in the 140-member house.

Achuthanandan reached the state capital today morning and handed over the resignation to the Governor at Raj Bhavan by 12.30 pm.

The 87-year-old Marxist veteran is now in Malampuzha in Palakkad, from where he scored an impressive win for the third time in a row.

(News agency)