"WE DO BELIEVE THAT NOT CAPITALISM BUT SOCIALISM IS THE WAY TOWARDS HUMAN PROGRESS, AND THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION TEACHES US TO MOVE FORWARD ALONG THAT PATH." – JYOTI BASU

“With the installation of the LF front government in West Bengal on 21st June, 1977, a new era had started in Indian politics and in the life of the Indian people. We knew that under such social structure and constitutional limitations we cannot change every thing, we promised to give minimum relief for common man, after 30 years, I think what we have done for people is more than minimum relief, in defence of the interest of people, we implemented the alternative approach of development” - Jyoti Basu

Jyoti Basu

Politician

Jyoti Basu was a Bengali politician belonging to the Communist Party of India from West Bengal, India. He served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1977 to 2000, making him the longest-serving Chief Minister of any state of India. Wikipedia

Born: July 8, 1914, Kolkata

Died: January 17, 2010, Kolkata

Party: Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Education: University of Calcutta, Presidency College, Kolkata, London School of Economics, St. Xavier's Collegiate School

"We reiterate in our updated programme that the threat to parliamentary democracy comes not from the working people and the parties which represent their interests. The threat comes from the exploiting classes and the parties which represent their interests." - Jyoti Basu

"“We should not be complacent. And we must do what we have promised to do, and must make sure that people can understand what we are doing, they can understand our programme. Not only that, we have to correct our mistakes. We have made mistakes, and we acknowledged them. We have to take lessons from these mistakes." - Jyoti Basu

"Along with struggles in political, economic, social spheres we are of the view that ideological confrontation with communal, fundamentalist, obscurantist, undemocratic and pro-imperialist forces are of prime interest in today's situation." - Jyoti Basu

"We reiterate in our updated programme that the threat to parliamentary democracy comes not from the working people and the parties which represent their interests. The threat comes from the exploiting classes and the parties which represent their interests. - Jyoti Basu

“We should not be complacent. And we must do what we have promised to do, and must make sure that people can understand what we are doing, they can understand our programme. Not only that, we have to correct our mistakes. We have made mistakes, and we acknowledged them. We have to take lessons from these mistakes." - Jyoti Basu