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Fades quietly into a red sunset
Jyoti Basu, one of the tallest leaders in the CPM and a chief minister who held the Red bastion of West Bengal in his grip for well over two decades, died in Kolkata after prolonged illness. He was 95. Basu's condition worsened on New Year eve when he was diagnosed with pneumonia. Subsequently he was put on ventilator support as his condition worsened. On Thursday morning, Basu showed some signs of improvement, but the end came on Sunday morning. Doctors who had closely monitored his condition round the clock said he died of multiple organ failure.
Basu was one of the last communist leaders left alive in the world. But for a `historical blunder', he very nearly became India's prime minister following the 1996 elections. However, the CPI(M) Politbureau decided not to participate in the government. The youthful prankster turned into an autocratic Marxist but the diminutive Basu won respect for bringing order and development to West Bengal. He had once joked "everybody wants me to be leader. I've even had calls from Bangladesh asking me to run things there."
Basu not to be cremated; body to be given to hospital
Kolkata: Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu will not be cremated but his body will be handed over Tuesday to a state-run hospital as he had donated his body, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) announced Sunday.
Basu's body, now preserved in a funeral parlour, Peace Heaven, will be taken in a procession Tuesday to state secretariat Writers' Building and then to the West Bengal assembly, where it will be kept for the public to pay homage.
Finally, the body will be handed over to the SSKM Hospital, said CPI-M state secretary Biman Bose. Giving details of Basu's last journey, Bose said at 9.30 a.m. Tuesday, Basu's body will be taken to Writers' Building, from where he ruled the state as chief minister from 1977-2000.
At 10.30 a.m., the body will be taken to the state assembly, and kept there till 2.30 p.m. "Important dignitaries and the masses can pay their tributes only at the assembly," Bose said.
The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader's body will then be brought to the party's state headquarters at Alimuddin Street and kept there till 4 p.m. for the party leaders to pay their last repects.
The last journey will start at 4 p.m. and traverse AJC Bose Road, Shakespeare Sarani, Cathedral Road, Harish Mukherjee Road before terminating at the SSKM hospital.
All members of the CPI-M politburo and central committee will attend the last journey. Basu was the last surviving member of the party's first politburo. A condolence book will be kept open at the Alimuddin Street office for people to pay their condolences.
Israeli firms keen to tap $1-bn security market
Mumbai: Israel has launched an effort to tap India’s $1-billion homeland security market. The opportunities available in infrastructure, training and technology, excluding defence and weapons, are being looked at by Israeli companies such as Elmo Tech, Elbit Systems, ISDS, Netafim and Max Security.
Security systems and products are classified into the following categories -- command and control, commodity protection, emergency solutions, identification and authentication, information technology security and software, perimeter protection, protective solutions, and system integrators.
Various state governments and companies such as Tata Group, Mahindra & Mahindra, Godrej, GMR, Rolta, Bosch and Siemens are in talks with the Israeli companies.
Avi Hefez, director general of the Israel Export and International Cooperation, said, "Enquiries from India for homeland security solutions and products have increased, especially after the 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai. India has a huge potential in this sector and Isarel has decided to send a record number of nine trade delegations to India in 2010." Hefez was accompanied by Israel's minister for industry, trade and labour, Binyamin Ben Eliezer.
Hefez said M&M Special Services Group had already struck some deals for transfer of homeland security solutions and products. Similarly, GMR Infrastructure-promoted Raxa, Rolta, Siemens, Godrej and Zicom are working out technology transfer arrangements wih Israeli companies.
Israel's government and companies are also exploring opportunities in telecommunications, agriculture, drip irrigation, water and desalination. The government of Israel has launched a Grow Win scheme to provide help to farmers in water-scarce regions.
"The government has already held preliminary talks with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development and governments of Gujarat and Rajasthan for tie-ups under which farmers will be able to procure technology. Though the scheme is at the preliminary stage, the government of Israel wants to give assistance to farmers to avail of latest drip irrigation and water-use technologies," he said.
Hefez said Isarel's government had held talks with the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation for transfer of technology for desalination and use of waste water.
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Marxist Patriarch Comrade Jyoti Basu is No More. The Demise of Basu not only concludes an Individual Political career spanning over Six decades but it heralds the End of Communist Movement whatsoever in India. TMC Supremo rightly commented that it is the end of first as well as last chapter in Marxist Activism in Indian Political Democracy.
For me, Basu had been Bone of contention in between me and my father late All India refugee leader Pulin babu who would not hear anything about Jyoti Basu or communist Movement in India as the Communist party led by Comrade PC Joshi betrayed the Telengana and Dhimri Block Movements and Basu aligned with Bengali Brahaminical Hegemony to DESTROY Negroid Black Untouchables and OUSTED them out of Bengali History and Geopolitics.I had been influenced by Maoist literature from my Junior high School days thanks to Repression of Naxalites in Bengal as the Naxal Activists had to take shelter in Bengali refugee colonies countrywide.But I had been a supporter of Comrade Basu since Food Movement in Bengal and always had been impressed by his Land Reforms, Decentralisation of Power, regional Development, Federal democracy and Rural Thrust for development, his Jihad against US Imperialism and Fascist Hindutwa as well as Zionism! My father was involved in Strategic Equations with the Political Social system in North India in absence of Marxist system and he believed in Ambedkarite Ideology beside being a whole Timer Social activist.For me I had not the Liability or commitment which my Father had. I would never understand the Survival strategy of our People as I was Ideologically Marxist as well as Maoist and I had Never read Ambedkar.I was opposed to Gandhian and Socialist Ideologies. Despite Marichjhanpi Genocide, despite Repression of Agrarian Insurrection as described as Naxal Movement, I could not help myself to support Basu. My father`s Friendship of with North Indian rightist Politicians and Congress irritated so much so that despite helping my father in his Correspondence and documentation, I Never Did discuss Politics or Economics with him. In my Dhanbad days, despite being involved in nationality Movements in Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Chattishgarh and North East, I considered Bengal a Marxist and Progressive state as I was unaware of the Manusmriti Hegemony and Brahamin Front. Only landing in Bengal, I had to face the social reality. But I had very good relationship with Maoists as well as Marxists. The Scenario changed as soon as Basu abdicated for Buddhadev Bhattacharya. Citizenship Amendment Act was passed after the demise of my Father in 2001 and my people all over the Country, the Partition Victim Sc and OBC People were branded as Bangladeshi Illegal Immigrants and ADWANI, Buddha and PRANAB launched a deportation drive Nationwide against the People for whom my Parents lived and Died. The Final Disillusionment came from the rightist Deviation towards Marxist Capitalism and the Party losing Mass base converted it into a Regimented Gestapo ending up in Nandigram Genocide. I came to know all the facts of Partition and Refugee Problems and finally Marichjhanpi genocide. Meanwhile I struck Gold in Ambedkarite Literature.
Mahashweta Debi and Jyoti Basu were the two most influential Personalities who decided the Course of My Life after I landed in the Plains from the Himalayas decoupled with my teachers and friends in the Hills. Since Mahashweta Di joined the Rightist camp seeking the end of Marxist Hegemony, I am not in a position to interact with her. As a journalist, I had enjoyed intimate relationship with CPIM leaders and Minsters. But I refrained myself to involve directly with Basu as the Illusion of land reforms, rural development, decentralisation, federal setup, regional development evaporated gradually and consistently. But it is TRUE as a communist , Jyoti Basu Enveloped my life since mid Sixties. My Wife SANBITA is also an ADMIRER of Basu and she is Stunned with Mourning. My Son Steve favours the Marxist capitalist Way of development as the Generation next supports Buddha in his drive for Development, Industrialisation and Urbanisation. Thus, for different reasons Our Home is in Mourning Mode. Sabita prescribed Vegetarian Recipe as we are habitual to accept in Mourning. Despite Political Differences, even Ideological, Bengal is United in mourning for the Living Legend who opted for Celestial Abode for Political Activism of which we had been so habitual!
I had been in Rajasthan while Basu was shifted in the AMRI Hospital.I had been in Jaipur from 23 rd December Night to 30 the December. I went to Jodhpur on 31st December and returned Jaipur on 2nd January. I got the news in Jodhpur itself that Basu was indisposed. I read follow ups in Jaipur. I did not consider it a serious problem considering his Fighting Character and Sharpness of mind and believed he would return Indira Bhavan once again defeating Death. It had not to happen. One or two websites broke the News of his death earlier and we had to be afraid that the Time came ultimately. Even then we hoped against hope as the Doctors in kolkata and New Delhi tried hard till last. Last night it was described Very Critical. This Morning the weather had been Cloudy. Me and Sabita went to the local market to get some vegetables. I had to follow up my routine with Morning Newspapers. Then I struck Neo sports for Cricket update. Finally while I landed in news channels, it was only MOURNING and Mourning! Sabita was irritated that we missed the Final Moment. For me, I would never believe that the End was so near. it happened while the medical Board in AIIMS New Delhi diagnosed my Father suffering Vertebra Cancer and said that there was NO Hope. I Never believed and my father expired within a month!Jyoti Basu and my father worked together in Bengal in the Refugee Movement until our Family was shifted to Orissa and later in Nainital. They lived in the same Party until my father visited Riot Torn ASSAM violating Party Stricture NOT To Visit Assam. He had not left the Party even after Dhimri Block Betrayal.He had to leave the Party to stand with his people, our indigenous and aboriginal kith and Kin. Ironically I had to follow suit but it was too late.Basu and My Father would remain two different Stars of different Horizons for me.
During the period, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were the gross purchaser of equities worth Rs 34,663.7 crore, while they sold stocks worth Rs 26472.1 crore, resulting in a net investment of Rs 8,191.70 crore.
According to data available with capital market regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), FIIs made a net investment of Rs 6,617.40 crore (USD 1.4 billion) in debt instruments, during the period under review.
Interestingly, during the said period, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex registered a gain of 0.51 per cent, while in the same period past year, the stock market barometer had gained 81 per cent.
In 2009, FIIs were net investors of Rs 83,400 crore in domestic equities, the highest inflow in the country in rupee terms in a single year. It came a year after overseas investors pulled out over Rs 50,000 crore.
Jyoti Basu: A profile
*His father, Nishikanta Basu, was a doctor from the village of Bardi in Dhaka District, East Bengal (now in Bangladesh), while his mother Hemalata Basu was a housewife.
*Basu’s schooling started at Loreto School at Dharmatala, Kolkata, in 1920. It was there where his father shortened his name and he became Jyoti Basu. However he was moved to St. Xavier’s School in 1925.
*He completed his undergraduate education and received honours in English from the Hindu.
*After completing his undergraduate studies in 1935, Basu set out for England for higher studies in Law. It is said that Basu attended lectures of Harold Laski in late 1930. It was in England that Basu was introduced to the activities of politics through the Communist Party of Great Britain.
*During his stay in England, he was actively associated with the India League and the Federation of Indian Students in England.
In England he was inspired by noted Communist Philosopher and prolific writer Rajani Palme Dutt.
*In 1940, he completed his studies and qualified as a Barrister at the Middle Temple. In the same year, he returned to India.
*In 1944, Basu became involved in trade union activities when CPI delegated him to work amongst the railway labourers. When B.N. Railway Workers Union and B.D. Rail Road Workers Union merged, Basu became the general secretary of the union.
*He was elected to the Bengal Legislative Assembly for the first time in 1946.
*After partition, he was a member of the Assembly but was arrested when the Communist Party of India was banned following a call for open revolt. He was released on the orders of the High Court and was a Legislative Assembly Member between 1952 and 1972.
*In the 1950s, Basu and Parmode Das Gupta became joint leaders of the West Bengal Communists.
*He was state party secretary and led the parliamentary tactics of the CPI in Bengal against the Congress.
*The anti-Congress nature of Bengal Communism led Basu to align with the Communist Party of India (CPI(M)) following the division of the Communist Party of India in 1964.
*In 1967, Basu became Deputy Chief Minister in a coalition United Front government in Bengal in which the CPI (M) was one of the leading parties. This coalition collapsed after eight months.
*Fresh elections were held in February 1969 in which the CPI (M) emerged as the largest party. Basu was again Deputy Chief Minister in a United Front government that lasted until 1971.
*In 1977 Basu was elected to the Parliament from Satgachia and became West Bengal Chief Minister. Under his leadership the CPI (M) has won five successive elections since (1982, 1987, 1992, 1996). It is the largest democratically elected Communist movement in the world.
*Basu was a member of the CPI (M)''s Politburo since 1964. He was influential in shaping the party''s domestic and international policies. Of particular importance, since 1991, was the tactical support given to parties and groupings opposed to the Bharatiya Janata Party. This brought the CPI (M) closer to Congress, but the party avoided an outright coalition.
*Basu was recognized as a clever tactician who used parliamentarism to create conditions for the success of Communism in West Bengal.
*He acquired a high reputation as a political leader and, following the national elections to parliament (1996), was considered a possible candidate for Prime Minister.
*Basu seemed all set to be the consensus leader of the United Front for the post of Prime Minister, but the CPI (M) Politburo decided not to participate in the government, a decision that he later termed a historic blunder.
* He resigned from the West Bengal Chief Ministership in 2000 due to health reasons, and was succeeded by fellow CPI (M) politician Buddhadeb Bhattacharya.
*Basu holds the record for being the longest-serving Chief Minister in Indian political history.
*The 18th congress of CPI (M), held in the national capital in 2005, re-elected Basu to its Politburo, although he had asked to be allowed to retire from it.
*On September 13, 2006, Basu entreated the CPI (M) to allow his retirement due to his age, but was turned down. General Secretary Prakash Karat said that the party wanted Basu to continue until its 2008 congress, at which point it would reconsider.
*At the 19th congress in early April 2008, Basu was not included on the Politburo, although he remained a member of the Central Committee and was designated as Special Invitee to the Politburo
*The veteran leader was admitted to the AMRI hospital in Kolkata on January 1, 2010, following a severe chest infection. The doctors after conducting a proper check-up had detected that he was suffering from slight pneumonia.
*On January 15, 2010, haemo-dialysis was done to remove toxins from Basu’s body, as there was a further deterioration in his cardiac and renal functions.
*On January 16, 2010, his health condition became extremely critical and he was suffering from multiple organ failure.
*On January 17, 2010, Basu died at the age of 95.
The Left parties on Sunday mourned the demise of veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu, describing him as a tall leader who fought for the downtrodden and said his death was a loss to the Left movement.
Communist Party of India (CPI) leader A B Bardhan said Basu was the "tallest leader".
"He also fought to the end. We express our heartfelt sadness on his demise," Bardhan said.
"Basu fought for the poor and the downtrodden," he said. As condolences poured from all over, the All India Forward Bloc described the passing away of Basu as a "a big and irreparable loss... for the entire Left, working class and progressive movement of the country".
Party General Secretary Debabrata Biswas said in a statement that the contribution of the "pragmatic architect of modern Bengal" in building the Left movement in the country will be remembered forever.
"He was an icon of working class movement and a model for good governance. He was an able administrator and good human being.
"His rule of more than quarter century has changed the face of rural Bengal and paved the path for agriculture and industrial development," he said.
Basu was a ‘towering personality’: Pranab
Describing Jyoti Basu as a "charismatic" political leader and a "towering personality", Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today recalled his contribution in formation of the first Left-supported UPA government in 2004.
Speaking about his "close intimacy" with the veteran CPI-M leader, who died in Kolkata this morning, Mukherjee said, "I knew him personally for more than five decades.
"He was a towering personality and perhaps in contemporary politics, there was no other personality as much charismatic as he was," he told reporters at his residence here.
The Finance Minister also recalled the contribution of Basu in formation of the first UPA government supported by Left in 2004. "In fact, he was an architect of the first UPA government in 2004, which was supported by the Left parties from outside," the Congress leader from West Bengal said.
Recalling that he had developed close intimacy with Basu from the sixties itself when the latter had become the Deputy Chief Minister in the first United Front government in West Bengal assembly, Mukherjee said, "in his death I lost a great well-wisher of myself."
He said the country has lost "an able administrator, an outstanding legislator, a charismatic political leader and a true patriot" in Basu's death. He said Basu represented people of West Bengal for almost half a decade and served as Chief Minister from 1977 to 2000.
"Perhaps he is the longest serving Chief Minister in the contemporary period. He led the Left movement in this country for a long period of time," Mukherjee said.
He was a ‘stalwart’: Advani
Describing veteran Communist leader Jyoti Basu as a stalwart, senior BJP leader L K Advani on Sunday said the late Marxist was among the greats. "He was a stalwart... a great leader. He held the CPM fort in West Bengal for a long time," Advani told reporters here.
Paying glowing tribute to former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday described him as the "first and last chapter of the Left Front government".
The Railway Minister said she had developed a close intimacy with Basu in the years before his death after he stepped down as chief minister of West Bengal. "We are all deeply shocked at his death". "He was a tall political figure in the country. He was instrumental behind formation of the Left Front government in West Bengal. He was the first and last chapter of the Left Front government and Left movement," Banerjee, who had visited Basu at the hospital earlier in the day, said.
"I had good contact with him for the last 10 years. After he stepped down from office as chief minister I had gone to see him 10 times. Towards the end, a deep bond had developed between us. He used to ask me about my political movement."
Banerjee said Basu wanted her to be present at his birthday positively and "I did that rushing from an official programme at Trivandrum". She said, "We would have been happy if he had lived for some days more."
"May his soul rest in peace. Whenever he called me, I rushed in," Banerjee, who had visited Basu during the height of the Singur land crisis, said.
The Trinamool Congress leader announced that all programmes of the party scheduled for today had been cancelled as a mark of respect to the departed leader.
SP chief Mulayam accepts Amar Singh's resignation
SP sources said Mulayam Singh Yadav, who is in Etawah on Sunday, accepted Singh's resignation after his efforts to placate the latter did not bear fruit.
Amar Singh had resigned on January 6 from the post of SP general secretary, national spokesperson and member of Parliamentary Board citing poor health. He had undergone a kidney transplant operation in Singapore last year.
However, the real reason for Singh's resignation is said to be his differences with another senior SP leader and Mulayam Singh's cousin, Ram Gopal Yadav.
After Singh sent his resignation from Dubai, a bitter war of words began between him and Ram Gopal.
While Amar Singh remained adamant on his resignation, Ram Gopal said the former had lost his mental balance. The SP chief had maintained that he would convince Singh to take back his resignation, but failed to sway him.
Ram Gopal has held Singh responsible for SP's association with former BJP leader Kalyan Singh, which, he felt led to the party's poor performance in the Lok Sabha polls and the Ferozabad by-election.
SP leaders including Jaya Prada, Jaya Bachchan and Sanjay Dutt had threatened to quit their party posts in the wake of Singh's resignation.
China moving with 'specific design' to control Indus in Leh
"As per all maps and evidences, the Dokbug pasture (in Northeast of Leh) land undisputedly belongs to India and China is moving with specific design to grab this area to extend its control till Indus (river)," according to an official report.
During the meeting chaired by Commissioner (Leh) A K Sahu and attended by Brigadier General Staff of 14 Corps Brig Sarat Chand and Colonel Indraj Singh, it was also agreed that all agencies must take "coordinated and effective measure to destroy the Chinese design and save our territory."
Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor, however, has recently dismissed the allegation that Indian land had shrunk along the Line of Actual Control. The Army Chief had raised this issue during a Unified Command meeting earlier this week in Jammu and Kashmir as well but state Chief Secretary S S Kapoor made it clear to him that the state establishment did not agree with the Army's perception.
Other state officials present at the meeting said there was evidence suggesting that the Indian land had shrunk with China in the Himalayan town. Originating in the Tibetan plateau in the vicinity of Lake Mansarovar in Tibet Autonomous Region, the river runs a course through the Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir, then enters Northern Areas (Gilgit-Baltistan)and later merges with the Arabian Sea near the port city of Karachi in Sindh.
The total length of the river is 3,180 kilometres (1,976 miles) and it is Pakistan's longest river.
The Dokbug area is the same place where "Rebos" (nomads) take their cattle during this period for grazing. In December 2008 and early last year, the nomads were driven out from the area by People's Liberation Army of China.
"The meeting decided that no such things would be allowed to happen in future and the morale of the nomads would be boosted through appropriate interventions from our side," the report said.
The meeting, which was attended by officials from the Jammu and Kashmir government, Ministry of Home Affairs and Army, "also felt the need for strengthening the patrolling."
Last year, Chinese troops had entered nearly 1.5 km into the Indian territory on July 31 near Mount Gya, recognised as International border by India and China, and painted boulders and rocks with "China" and "Chin9" in red spray paint.
The 22,420 ft Mount Gya, also known as "fair princess of snow" by Army, is located at the tri-junction of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, Spiti in Himachal Pradesh, and Tibet. Its boundary was marked during the British era and regarded as International border by the two countries.
Before this, Chinese helicopters had violated Indian air space on June 21 along the Line of Actual Control in Chumar region and also heli-dropped some expired food.
"The whole phenomenon of cross-border terrorism, as it affects us today has not diminished in any manner. All the events you have seen over the last few days basically point to the basic and undeniable fact that the infrastructure of terrorism, which operates out of Pakistan and territory under Pakistan control has not been dismantled and it continues to be directed against the Indian people. It affects ordinary people. Terrorism affects people like you and me, “ Rao said in an interview.
When asked whether the Pakistan Government is extending some sort of support, Rao said: “I think the experience over the last two decades would make it very clear to us that this has been an instrument of state policy which has been pursued by agencies within Pakistan.”
Referring to a recent terrorist strike in Srinagar, Kashmir, Rao said militancy and violence in Kashmir is a longstanding phenomenon.
“We have seen it happen over and over again for many many years now. And this has been accompanied by rhetoric, rhetoric directed against India, all forms and means of propaganda that comes across from the Pakistan side. So, rhetoric, militancy and violence, together they make a very combustible combination,” she said.
Rhetoric, she added, was always unhelpful in situations such as these.
She also expressed the view that the AFPAK strategy announced by President Barack Obama in December, suggested that Washington the United States has been sensitised to New Delhi’s concerns about terrorism that “operates from areas contiguous to our border with Pakistan.”
“Terrorism and violence within Pakistan, and you have seen a rise in levels of both terrorism and violence within Pakistan, clearly reverberate beyond Pakistan’s borders. We have said over and over again that we would like a secure, a stable, a peaceful Pakistan. Obviously violence and terrorism in Pakistan and manifestations of what you referred to as instability, concern all of us,” the foreign secretary said.
The concern over cross-border terrorism notwithstanding, Rao said that the Indian Government continue to deal with the Government of Pakistan.
“Obviously we have a diplomatic relationship with Pakistan. We are in touch with representatives of the Pakistan Government. For whatever reason, over and over again we are in contact. There are issues, humanitarian issues that exist between the two countries. So, that relationship continues to be transacted. The levels of dialogue obviously are much diminished after the Mumbai attacks,” she said.
She also said that India is consistently and closely monitoring developments in Pakistan.
“It is our neighbour. It is a country that is next door to us. And as I said, events, developments in Pakistan are of relevance to the entire region. And obviously the growth of civil society, the strengthening of democratic institutions in Pakistan is good for our future,” Rao said.
However, she refused to comment on Pakistan’s internal affairs, saying that it would not be advisable.
“Dialogue between India and Pakistan is obviously the way forward for normalisation of relations and to resolve outstanding issues between the two countries. We in India have never turned our back on dialogue with Pakistan. But let me also add that terrorism is a standalone phenomenon, and terrorism affects the climate of dialogue. It affects the progress of this dialogue,” the foreign secretary said.
Pakistan, she said, can clearly do more on dealing with the issue of terrorism to convince India.
“India’s attitude is for dialogue and to promote a peaceful resolution of problems with Pakistan. But, for all of us who have grown up against the background of what has happened in this relationship, I think there is a sense of déjà vu. And I feel a sense of sadness also that people, ordinary people in Pakistan, are being misled by propaganda of this sort,” she said.
Jyoti Basu
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| Jyoti Basu জ্যোতি বসু | |
 Jyoti Basu | |
Chief Minister of West Bengal | |
| In office 21 June 1977–6 November 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Siddhartha Shankar Ray |
|---|---|
| Succeeded by | Buddhadeb Bhattacharya |
| Born | 8 July 1914(1914-07-08) Calcutta, Bengal, British India |
| Died | 17 January 2010 (aged 95) Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Residence | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Website | http://www.jyotibasu.net/ |
| As of January 17, 2010 Source: [Communist Party of India (Marxist)] | |
Jyoti Basu (Bengali: জ্যোতি বসু) (8 July 1914 – 17 January 2010) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from West Bengal, India. He served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1977 to 2000, making him India's longest-serving Chief Minister as of 2010[update] of any Indian state. He was a member of the CPI(M) Politburo from the time of the party's founding in 1964 until 2008.[1][2]. Since 2008 till his death in 2010 he remained a permanent invitee to the central committee of the party. On his death, the last of the founding Politburo members of Communist Party of India (Marxist) passed away.
[edit] Early life
Jyoti Basu was born on 8 July, 1914[3] as Jyotirindra Basu[4] into an upper middle-class Bengali family in Calcutta. His father, Nishikanta Basu, was a doctor from the village of Bardi in Narayanganj District, East Bengal (now in Bangladesh), while his mother Hemalata Basu was a housewife.[5] Basu’s schooling started at Loreto School at Dharmatala, Calcutta (now Kolkata), in 1920. It was there where his father shortened his name and he became Jyoti Basu. However he was moved to St. Xavier’s School in 1925. Basu completed his undergraduate education and received the honours in English from the Hindu College (renamed the Presidency College in 1855).[6]
After completing his undergraduate studies in 1935, Basu set for England for higher studies of Law. It is said that Basu attended lectures of Harold Laski at the London School Of Economics in late 1930. It was in England that Basu was introduced to the activities of politics through the Communist Party of Great Britain.There he was inspired by noted Communist Philosopher and prolific writer Rajani Palme Dutt. In 1940 he completed his studies and qualified as a Barrister at the Middle Temple[7]. In the same year he returned to India. In 1944 Basu became involved in trade union activities when CPI delegated him to work amongst the railway labourers. When B.N. Railway Workers Union and B.D. Rail Road Workers Union merged, Basu became the general secretary of the union.
[edit] Political career
[edit] Entry into politics
Basu’s first track in politics was his efforts to organize the Indian students studying in United Kingdom, mostly for the cause of Indian Independence[citation needed]. While studying in England, Basu subsequently joined India League and London Majlis, both the organizations being communities of overseas Indian students. Basu was given the responsibility for arranging a meeting with Jawaharlal Nehru during Nehru's visit to London in 1938. The same was done after Subhas Chandra Bose went to England. As a member of London Majlis, Basu introduced the visiting Indian political figures to the leaders of Labour Party.
Basu was introduced to the Communist Party of Great Britain by another communist leader and Basu’s friend in England Bhupesh Gupta. It’s told Basu showed interest to join CPGB but the then Secretary General Harry Pollitt suggested him to not do so, possibly because CPGB was then banned in India and Pollitt speculated Basu could have difficulties in returning to India as a member of CPGB.
However Basu returned to India in 1940 after the completion of studies. He let his parents know about his future plan to join leftist politics which was vehemently dissuaded by them. Moreover the Communist Party of India which Basu intended to join was then banned by the British Government. Still Basu made contacts with the CPI leadership and made his way to join the party.[8]
[edit] Later political career
Basu was elected to the Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1946, contesting the Railway constituency. He served as the Leader of Opposition for a long time when Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy was the Chief Minister of West Bengal. Basu's admirable eloquence both as an M.L.A and the Leader of Opposition drew the attention of Dr. B. C. Roy and he had a strong affection for this young leader though his stand was completely contrary to the policies of the then State Government run by Dr. Roy. Jyoti Basu led one after another agitations against the State Government and earned enviable popularity as a politician particularly among the students and youth. Beside organising the movements of the Railway Labourers, he led a movement by the teachers demanding a hike in salary. When the Communist Party of India split in 1964, Basu became one of the first nine members of the Politburo of the newly-formed Communist Party of India (Marxist).[2] In 1967 and 1969, Basu became Deputy Chief Minister of West Bengal in the United Front governments. In 1967, after the defeat of the Congress Government, Jyoti Basu was sworn-in as the Deputy Chief Minister under the Chief Ministership of Ajay Mukhopadhay. The Congress returned to power in West Bengal in 1972. Jyoti Basu however lost the elections from the Baranagar Assembly Constituency.
From June 21, 1977 to November 6, 2000, Basu served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the Left Front government. In 1996 Jyoti Basu seemed all set to be the consensus leader of the United Front for the post of Prime Minister of India. However, the CPI(M) Politburo decided not to participate in the government, a decision that Jyoti Basu later termed a historic blunder. H.D. Deve Gowda from the Janata Dal instead became Prime Minister. Basu resigned from the Chief Ministership of West Bengal in 2000 for health reasons, and was succeeded by fellow CPI(M) politician Buddhadeb Bhattacharya. As of 2009[update], Basu holds the record for being the longest-serving Chief Minister in Indian political history.[9]
The 18th congress of CPI(M), held in Delhi in 2005, re-elected Basu to its Politburo, although he had asked to be allowed to retire from it. On September 13, 2006, Basu entreated the CPI(M) to allow his retirement due to his age, but was turned down. General Secretary Prakash Karat said that the party wanted Basu to continue until its 2008 congress, at which point it would reconsider.[10] At the 19th congress in early April 2008, Basu was not included on the Politburo, although he remained a member of the Central Committee and was designated as Special Invitee to the Politburo.[1][2]
[edit] Controversies
In January 2006 the Supreme Court of India issued notices to Basu and others in connection with land allotments in Salt Lake.[11]
[edit] Death
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On 1 January, 2010, Basu was admitted to AMRI hospital, Bidhannagar, Kolkata after feeling unwell.[12][13] On 16 January, 2010, his health condition became extremely critical and he was suffering from multiple organ failure. Seventeen days after being taken ill, he passed away on 17 January 2010 at 11:47 AM IST.[14]
Basu had pledged to donate his body and eye for medical research on 4th April 2003 at a function organised by Ganadarpan and Susrut Eye Foundation in Kolkata.[15] He is survived by his son Chandan. His second wife Kamal Basu had earlier passed away on October 1, 2003.His body will be donated to SSKM hospital for research on 19 January, 2010.[16] Till then his body was kept at 'Peace Haven' for public display for those who want to pay their respects.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Jyoti Basu will continue on Central Committee". The Hindu (Kolkata: The Hindu). April 4, 2008. http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/04/stories/2008040460771200.htm. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
- ^ a b c Chatterjee, Manini (April 3, 2008). "Nine to none, founders’ era ends in CPM". The Telegraph (Calcutta: The Telegraph). http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080404/jsp/frontpage/story_9094771.jsp. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
- ^ Life Sketch of Jyoti Basu, Life Sketch of Jyoti Basu
- ^ http://jyotibasu.net/?q=node/25
- ^ Basu, Jyoti. Jatadur Mone Pare: Rajnaitik Atmakathan. Calcutta: National Book Agency.
- ^ Biography of Jyoti Basu, Website of Jyoti Basu by the Government of West Bengal
- ^ Political biography : Jyoti Basu
- ^ Biography of Jyoti Basu, Website of Jyoti Basu by the Government of West Bengal
- ^ http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Jyoti-Basu-Marxist-who-almost-became-Indias-PM/articleshow/5455143.cms
- ^ Bhaumik, Subir (September 11, 2006). "Left veteran just wants to retire". BBC News (Calcutta: BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5343190.stm. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
- ^ "Court notice to Jyoti Basu". The Hindu (New Delhi: The Hindu). January 24, 2006. http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/24/stories/2006012405351200.htm. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
- ^ "Jyoti Basu admitted to hospital". NDTV (Kolkata: NDTV). January 1, 2010. http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/jyoti_basu_unwell.php. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
- ^ "Jyoti Basu put on ventilator, condition serious". Hindustan Times. Press Trust Of India (Kolkata: HT Media). January 06, 2010. http://www.hindustantimes.com/Jyoti-Basu-put-on-ventilator-condition-serious/H1-Article1-494282.aspx. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
- ^ "CPM patriarch Jyoti Basu passes away". The Economic Times (Kolkata: The Economic Times). January 17, 2010. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/CPM-patriarch-Jyoti-Basu-passes-away/articleshow/5455079.cms. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Basu-to-donate-his-body-for-research-/articleshow/42400996.cms
- ^ http://www.dailypioneer.com/229937/Basu-not-to-be-cremated;-body-to-be-given-to-Kolkata-hospital.html
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