Jyoti Basu's final journey
Kolkata is a somber city as it bids farewell to the communist patriarch Jyoti Basu.
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The city of Kolkata painted a somber picture on Tuesday as it bid farewell to the communist patriarch Jyoti Basu.
The hearse carrying Jyoti Basu's body reached 'Mohor Kunja' park from the state Assembly on Tuesday evening for a guard of honour. Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and other dignitaries were present at the venue to pay their tributes. -
Six pallbearers drawn from the three wings of the Defence forces took Jyoti Basu's body from the Assembly premises to a gun carriage for the last journey to 'Mohor Kunja'.
The pallbearers carried the body, draped in the national tri-colour, to the gun carriage at the north gate. -
Earlier in the day, a huge concourse of mourners filled the streets as the body of the Marxist legend was taken from the funeral parlour to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM headquarters at 31 Alimuddin Street in a hearse bedecked with white flowers and red CPM flags.
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From here, the convoy moved to the State Assembly where it was placed in a gun carriage and covered in the national flag.
A number of dignitaries and VIPs including former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chaterjee, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and others queued up to pay homage to the iconic leader.
