Mukherjee to represent Centre, Cong at Basu`s cremation

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will represent the Centre and the Congress at the cremation of Marxist veteran Jyoti Basu.

New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee
will represent the Centre and the Congress at the cremation of
Marxist veteran Jyoti Basu.

Congress sources said Mukherjee, also Bengal PCC chief,
will attend the cremation as the representative of the Union
Government as well as the party.

CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan and National Secretary
D Raja will go to Kolkata and represent their party at the
cremation.

PTI

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