Alimuddin Street: Jyoti babu at work
Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu was back in the limelight on Friday, advising the CPM in giving final touches to the list of party candidates and preparing the manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections.
By ET Bureau |
KOLKATA: Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu was back in the limelight on Friday, advising the CPM in giving final touches to the list of party candidates and preparing the manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections. Mr Basu attended the CPM state secretariat meeting at the party eadquarters on Alimuddin Street after a long gap.
Mr Basu stayed for over an hour and reportedly asked the party leadership to strengthen the ruling coalition ��� the Left Front ��� in fighting the elections. Mr Basu���s presence at the secretariat meeting, which he used to attend regularly before his indisposition, charged up senior party leaders who vowed to give fight to Opposition with renewed vigour.
Mr Basu, however, did not meet the media. The veteran leader could not address the Left Front rally at the Brigade Parade Ground on February 8 when West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had kicked off the Front���s election campaign. A message sent by Mr Basu was read out by CPM state secretary Biman Bose at the rally. The CPM state committee will meet on February 24 to finalise the list of its candidates. It is very likely that the Left Front will meet the next day before announcing the list of candidates.
Meanwhile, the Congress high command in Delhi has set up a screening committee to select candidates in West Bengal for the Lok Sabha elections. West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) working president Pradip Bhattacharjee said on Friday that the five-member committee comprising AICC leaders K. Keshav Rao, Mukul Wasnik, WBPCC president and external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee, Noor Banu and West Bengal CLP leader Manas Bhunia will meet soon to prepare the list of candidates.
Mr Basu stayed for over an hour and reportedly asked the party leadership to strengthen the ruling coalition ��� the Left Front ��� in fighting the elections. Mr Basu���s presence at the secretariat meeting, which he used to attend regularly before his indisposition, charged up senior party leaders who vowed to give fight to Opposition with renewed vigour.
Mr Basu, however, did not meet the media. The veteran leader could not address the Left Front rally at the Brigade Parade Ground on February 8 when West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had kicked off the Front���s election campaign. A message sent by Mr Basu was read out by CPM state secretary Biman Bose at the rally. The CPM state committee will meet on February 24 to finalise the list of its candidates. It is very likely that the Left Front will meet the next day before announcing the list of candidates.
Meanwhile, the Congress high command in Delhi has set up a screening committee to select candidates in West Bengal for the Lok Sabha elections. West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) working president Pradip Bhattacharjee said on Friday that the five-member committee comprising AICC leaders K. Keshav Rao, Mukul Wasnik, WBPCC president and external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee, Noor Banu and West Bengal CLP leader Manas Bhunia will meet soon to prepare the list of candidates.
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