Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today remembered former Chief Minister Jyoti Basu on his seventh death anniversary.
Basu, the longest serving chief minister of West
Bengal, had passed away on January 17, 2010. The communist
leader had served as the chief minister from 1997 to 2000.
"Solemnly remembering former Chief Minister Jyoti Basu
on his death anniversary," Banerjee wrote on her Twitter
handle this morning.
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Basu, who was born on July 8, 1914, had led the
Marxists to power for five consecutive times in West Bengal.
PTI
