Kolkata, Jan 19 (PTI) A sea of humanity today bade a solemn farewell to the legendary Marxist leader Jyoti Basu, who was given a state funeral with military honours after leaders across the political spectrum paid homage to one of the tallest leaders of the Communist movement in India.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and that country’s former President H M Ershad, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Union Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, senior BJP leader L K Advani, his party President Nitin Gadkari, and RJD chief Lalu Prasad were among the mourners, who paid their respects to the late leader as the body was taken to the state Assembly earlier in the day.
–Agencies