Veteran Leader of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) , Jyoti Basu (95) was admitted into the Intensive Cardiac Care Unit of a private hospital in Salt Lake, Kolkata. He had difficulty breathing and was hospitalized with a pneumonia attack.
On Tuesday, he received a visit from the ex-Chief Minister of Jammu-Kashmir, Farooq Abdullah. On Wednesday his condition worsened. He has since been put on ventilator but the hospital has informed that his condition has improved slightly during the day. CPM Party Chief Prakash Karat is planning a trip to visit Jyoti Basu on Thursday.
Born in 1914 in Kolkata, Basu became Chief Minister in June 1977. Due to health issues, he stepped down voluntarily in November 2000.