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Thousands bid farewell to Jyoti Basu in Kolkata | Thousands of party workers and well wishers gathered in Kolkata on Tuesday to bid farewell to Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) patriarch Jyoti Basu. Basu's body, draped in the national flag and placed in a gun carriage was
carried to Mohur Kunj, where the State police personnel offered a 21-gun salute to
the former Chief Minister. The national tri-colour was draped on the body over the
party's red
flag with personnel drawn from the Army, Navy and Air Force standing at attention.
A large portrait of Basu with folded hands formed the background. Basu's body
will be handed to the SSKM Hospital in Kolkata later this evening. Basu's body
was earlier kept at the State Assembly premises, draped in the national flag where
many dignitaries and important national and international personalities paid their
respects. Congress President Sonia Gandhi accompanied by Finance Minister
Pranab
Mukherjee paid floral tribute to Basu at the assembly premises earlier. Bangladesh
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was also present with a 40-member delegation to pay
her tribute to Basu. Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani and
BJP president Nitin Gadkari also paid floral tribute. Basu's body was first taken
from the funeral parlour 'Peace Heaven' to the CPI (M) Headquarters at 31,
Alimuddin
Street. It was later taken to the Writers Building the State Secretariat for a
few minutes, where Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee placed a wreath on the
body. The body was then taken to the Assembly premises, where it was kept from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Around 2,000 police personnel were deployed during the whole
ceremony. |
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