Jyoti Basu shocked at Subhas Chakraborty’s death
August 3rd, 2009 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANSKolkata, Aug 3 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) patriarch Jyoti Basu was extremely shocked at the news of the death of West Bengal Transport Minister Subhas Chakraborty here Monday.
According to Basu’s personal assistant Joy Krishna Ghosh, the nonagenarian leader while expressing sorrow, said: “It is my time to go. But the irony is I am alive, while Subhas is no more. He was a very capable leader.”
“Basu said that Subhas passed away at a young age,” Ghosh added.
Ruling Left Front chairman and CPI-M state unit secretary Biman Bose, weeping while announcing the demise of Chakraborty, said he had broken the news to Jyoti Basu personally.
“I went to Jyoti Basu’s residence to inform him about Chakraborty’s death. He was extremely shocked to hear the news,” Bose told reporters here.
Chakraborty died in a city hospital Monday morning after battling lung and kidney disorders besides severe heart problem. He was 68.
Party sources said Chakraborty was also in advanced stage of cancer, but the hospital did not confirm it.
The minister was given blood transfusion Sunday night for increasing his platelet count and also underwent dialysis.
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