Several silent mourning processions were taken out throughout West Bengal on Friday Communist Party of India (Marxist) in memory of the great Marxist leader Jyoti Basu, who died on January 17. The CPI(M)’s State Committee had appealed to party supporters to take out silent and peaceful processions to show respect to the leader. According to a senior party member, 25,000 such processions were taken out in 19 districts on the day.
Party supporters carried CPI(M) flags at half-mast and placards displaying pictures of Basu as well as slogans like “ Laal Salaam” and “Jyoti Basu Amar Rahe.” Several Mass and Class organisations also took out processions. Mourning will continue till Saturday and conclude with a condolence meeting organised by the Left Front on Sunday.
People from across the country are still mourning the death of the stalwart. Various memorial programmes are conducted in different states by the party units.
It was a full house at Sundarayya Kala Nilayam, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh on Friday as senior leaders from across the State’s political spectrum met here to pay homage to veteran Comrade Jyoti Basu. “What is important is the way he chose to live for 95 years. He lived with integrity and passion, always striving for the people,” said CPI (M) State secretary B. V. Raghavulu. The condolence meeting was organised by the CPI (M) State committee.
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