IANS; Updated:
Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 12:55 [IST]
Kolkata, July 9:
Hundreds of social media loyalists of Jyoti Basu renewed their allegiance to
the late Marxist patriarch's ideologies Monday - the launch of the former West
Bengal chief minister's centenary celebrations.
Legions of loyalists paid
tribute to their celebrated "Comrade" through comments and poems on
the social networking site Facebook.
Pledging support to Basu's
philosophy, many dubbed the "leader of masses" as an inspiration.
A post said: "Aj amader
priyo jononeta Comrade Jyoti Basu er Jonmo Sotoborsho....Tumi aj o acho amader
majhe Onuprerona hoye...Tomar dekhano poth e amra chilam, achi & thakbo ei
sopoth nilam...(Today is our beloved people's leader's birth centenary...you
live among us an inspiration..we are and always will be on the path that you
have shown us..)".
Some vowed to undo the
"deviation from the ideologies of Comrade".
"Comrade Jyoti Basu'r
jonmosotobarshiki upolokkhe 1ti bishoye protiggabodho hoya khub joruri,,seta
holo adorso-goto jetuku bicchuti hoyeche, setak sudre naoya..setai hobe COMRADE
sothik sroddha janano (On the centenary celebrations of Comrade Jyoti Basu we
have to pledge our return to the ideologies of Basu.. from which we have
deviated..that will be the true way to to pay respect to him)".
The Communist Party of
India-Marxist has lined up year-long programmes throughout the state,
highlighting his life and philosophy to mark the centenary celebrations.
Born July 8, 1914, Basu joined
the Communist Party of India in 1940 and began his work in the railway trade
union movement. In 1946, he was elected to the Bengal legislative assembly from
the Railway constituency.
He played a key role in the
development of the communist party in India and was the secretary of the CPI's
provincial committee from 1954 to 1960. He became a member of its central
committee of in 1951. When the CPI-M was formed, he became one of the founder
politburo and central committee members.
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