Communist who could have been Indian PM dies at age 95
China Daily | Updated: 2010-01-18 07:55
NEW DELHI: Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu died yesterday in a Kolkata hospital yesterday. He was 95.
His pragmatic politics twice saw him coming close to becoming prime minister.
Basu's death is seen as a possible blow to unity among a disparate group of communists who face a tough election next year in the eastern state of West Bengal, a traditional leftist stronghold.
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