“WE FELT SAFE UNDER HIS RULE” “AFTER THE ASSASSINATION OF SMT. INDIRA GANDHI IN 1984 JYOTI BASU PLACED KOLKATA UNDER CURFEW AND HIS PARTY SUPPORTERS PATROLLED SIKH-DOMINATED AREAS TO PREVENT VIOLENCE.” - GURPREET SINGH

Gurpreet Singh is with Radio India Vancouver. He worked with Indian Express and The Tribune before emigrating to Canada in 2001. He was travelling in West Bengal when Jyoti Basu was under treatment.