Basu was an iconic figure: Patnaik

BHUBANESWAR - Calling Communist patriarch Jyoti Basu an iconic public and political figure, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday condoled his death.

He was an iconic figure in public life and polity of India… We will all remember him with great respect. He was of another generation but he certainly spanned a large period of the history of independent India, the chief minister said.