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Mon, 01/18/2010 - 20:11
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Vice Prez, PM of India pay homage to Basu

New Delhi, Jan 18 (PTI) Vice President of India Hamid
Ansari and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday visited the
Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) headquarters here to
pay homage to Marxist veteran Jyoti Basu.
Singh reached the AKG Bhawan at Gole Market, the CPM
Headquarters, at 11.10 am (IST) and paid floral tributes to
Basu, who died in Kolkata on Sunday after fighting a battle
with pneumonia.
The Prime Minister also signed the condolence book.
Earlier, Ansari paid floral tributes to Basu and also
signed the condolence book.
CPI(M) Politburo members Sitaram Yechury and K
Vardarajan were present at the party headquarters when the
Prime Minister visited it. PTI SJY
AHM

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