Is Jyoti Basu Dead?

(GaeaTimes.com) - Jyoti Basu was reported to be dead as per the information posted on Samaylive.com (the page is currently down, they are apparently doing an upgrade!) and kalponik.us (Kalponik has since retracted the story and now points to Samaylive, however initially they claimed to have received the news from an Hospital insider). It was reported that the veteran Left Front leader and ex-Chief Minister of West Bengal has passed away today after suffering from pneumonic infection according to the sources mentioned above.

As per a report published on kalponik.us, he died at around 1:30 pm today, 6th January 2010. However according to latest bulletin Jyoti Basu is alive and positive change has been observed. We wish him rapid recovery.

We reported earlier that Sri Jyoti Basu developed breathing trouble today during early morning hours and was shifted to the ventilator in critical condition in the afternoon hours. He is admitted to the Salt Lake AMRI Hospital in Kolkata for the aforesaid pneumonic infection.

The death news of such an iconic figure will be shocking to many of his followers as he was the pioneer of Leftist movement in India.

Source:

http://blog.taragana.com/e/2010/01/06/jyoti-basu-dead-long-live-comrade-jyoti-basu-77136/

Jyoti Basu is the member of CPI (M) Politburo from the founding time of 1964 till 2008 and served as the longest Chief Minister of India from 1977 to