Jyoti Basu
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"Jyoti Basu"; or "Jyotirindra Basu" was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from West Bengal, India. He served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal state from 1977 to 2000, making him the longest-serving Chief Minister in the country's history. Basu was a member of the CPI(M) Politburo from the time of the party's founding(The CPI(M) was formed at the Seventh Congress of the Communist Party of India held in Calcutta from October 31 to November 7, 1964) in 1964 until 2008. From 2008 until his death in 2010 he remained a permanent invitee to the central committee of the party.

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Despite advice, he never took rest.

There has been no case of government employees being partial in the past.

Whatever the government is doing about Iran is wrong.

Though the opposition parties, which have no ideology or morality in politics, have been crying themselves hoarse about failure of a grand alliance, they could enter into an alliance secretly.

We were satisfied with the response of the front partners (at the meeting). But, to reassure them further, we distributed copies of the politburo document, which we normally don't.

He is the biggest terrorist of the world and I support the protests against his visit.

What can we do? We have no other alternative at the moment.

Is it so? Sonia Gandhi has resigned? Whatever is therein law will take place. I will not comment further.

The present government, it seems to me, is thinking that without America nothing can be done. What Nehru did, they are completely altering it.