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| Comrade Basu’s last journey |
| Comrade Basu’s last journey
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| INDIA
, 19-January-2010
19:12:46 PM |
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Hundreds of people turned out on Monday to pay their last respects to veteran Communist leader Jyoti Basu as his body made its last journey on the streets of Kolkata.
Huge crowds accompanied the former chief minister’s body as it traversed through various parts of the city, making halts at the CPM headquarters in Alimuddin Street and the Assembly.
It was handed over to the government-run SSKM hospital, to which Basu had donated his body, after last respects were paid with full state honours at Mohurkunj.
Leaders like Biman Bose and Brinda Karat were in tears while Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee stood silent for almost a minute by Basu’s body. He was seen wiping tears. Almost the entire CPM politburo, including general secretary Prakash Karat, was present.
But the final ceremony was not without its dose of glitches. Though he was given full state honours, the national anthem was not played during the gun salute. Instead, it was the Communist International song
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