Nation lost one of its tallest leaders:
New Delhi, Jan 17 Condoling the demise of veteran Marxist icon Jyoti Basu Sunday, the Confederation of Indian Industry said 'the nation has lost one of its tallest leaders'.
In a message, Srinivasan said: ``The nation has lost one of the tallest leaders and that CII is grieved by this great loss to the political leadership of the country.''