Buddha censures CPI-M leader for abusing Didi

Expressing displeasure over the use of such language by Basu at Arambagh yesterday, Bhattacharjee said in a statement "use of such words is unpardonable and unbecoming of a communist leader."

The chief minister said he had asked the party to warn Anil Basu.

The former CPI(M) MP, who has won the Arambagh seat for seven time in a row in the past and recorded highest margin in the state in a Lok Sabha election, had allegedly hurled abuses against the Trinamool chief in the presence of senior local party leaders. Trinamool

The Trinamool Congress demanded stern action by the Election Commission against Basu, a former MP.

"We are moving the EC for taking stern against Anil Basu under the law," Leader of the Opposition in Assembly Partha Chatterjee said.