Vice President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today visited the CPI (M) headquarters here to pay homage to Marxist veteran Jyoti Basu.

Singh reached the AKG Bhawan at Gole Market, the CPM Headquarters, at 11.10 am and paid floral tributes to Basu, who died in Kolkata yesterday after fighting a battle with pneumonia.

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Earlier, Ansari paid floral tributes to Basu and also signed the condolence book.

CPI(M) Politburo members Sitaram Yechury and K Vardarajan were present at the party headquarters when the Prime Minister visited it.

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