Funeral by-pass by Mamata insult of people: CPM

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has 'insulted' the people of WB by not attending the Jyoti Basu's funeral.

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has insulted the people of West Bengal by not attending the funeral of Marxist stalwart Jyoti Basu,CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury said on Thursday.

By not attending (the funeral) and justifying her absence,she has insulted the people of Bengal who turned out in lakhs. Now they will have to decide, he told reporters when asked to comment on the Railway Ministers absence at the funeral on Tuesday.

He said despite serious political differences,it was a culture not only in India but abroad also that you be present on such occasions. It is also elementary human decency and a matter of courtesy and political morality.

Yechury said the fact that so many people turned out in such large numbers reflected the popularity of the great leader.

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