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Watch: Political legacy of CPM leader Jyoti Basu

Jyoti Basu, as four term chief minister from 1977 to 2000 was perhaps the last communist leader with total control over the party cadre. He was also the last unquestioned leader of the Left Front, forced to go slow on radical reform because of the consensus he had to maintain.

ANALYSIS: CNN-IBN discusses the future of the Left Front in Indian politics.

FTN: Left Front's moment of crisis

In West Bengal, the Left managed to win 1 out of the 10 seats in the by-polls.

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