Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW Vol. 4 Num 351 Wed. May 26, 2004       International Standoff over portfolio allocation resolved Senior leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) Jyoti Basu, (L) gestures as he speaks with party general secretary Harkishen Singh Surjeet (R) and an unidentified party official (C) during a politburo meeting in Kolkata yesterday. The CPI-M party leaders discuss the offer of the Speaker's post in the newly elected parliament to the veteran MP Somnath Chatterjee. PHOTO: AFP