Sanku Pillai always remained with progressive forces: Achuthanandan - The Hindu
Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan has said that the
freedom fighter Kumbalathu Sanku Pillai was one of the most prominent
leaders of the erstwhile Travancore to oppose the American model
government mooted by Diwan C.P. Ramaswamy Iyer. Mr. Achuthanandan was
inaugurating a meeting at Chavara near here on Monday to commemorate the
112th birth anniversary of Sanku Pillai.
While a
section of leaders in the Congress were not opposed to the American
model of the Diwan, prominent leaders of that party like Sanku Pillai,
C. Keshavan and T.M. Varghese strongly opposed it. The Communists were
also strongly opposed to the American model, he said.
Meetings called by the Congress and the Communists to
oppose the American model were constantly attacked by musclemen
allegedly engaged by the Diwan. Many leaders, including Sanku Pillai,
were even arrested and thrown into jail. Yet the fight against the
American model was strongly carried forward by leaders like Sanku
Pillai.
Mr. Achuthanandan recalled one instance when
Sanku Pilla personally invited him to attend such a meeting called by
the Congress at the residence of Congress leader A.J. John at Vaikom. To
go for the meeting Sanku Pilla reached Alapuzha by boat. There he met
Mr. Achutanandan and said that even the Communists are being hounded.Sanku Pillai always remained with progressive forces: Achuthanandan - The Hindu
