Rosaiah, Chandrababu Naidu condole Basu’s death
By IANSSunday, January 17, 2010
HYDERABAD - Chief Minister K. Rosaiah, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu and other top politicians from Andhra Pradesh Sunday condoled the death of Marxist leader Jyoti Basu.
Rosaiah said in the death of Basu, the nation has lost a towering politician who ruled the hearts of people, especially the people of West Bengal. “Jyoti Basu’s death is not only a loss to CPI-M but it is a loss to the nation,” Rosaiah said.
Former chief minister and TDP president Chandrababu Naidu said the death of the Marxist patriarch was a personal loss to him. He recalled that he worked closely with Jyoti Basu in the National Front. “I had an opportunity to work with Mr Jyoti Basu and I always held him in high esteem,” said Naidu.
State Congress chief D. Srinivas, Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao, Praja Rajyam Party chief K. Chiranjeevi, who had called on the veteran leader last week, BJP state president Bandaru Dattatreya, Communist Party of India (CPI) state secretary K. Narayana and Communist Party of India (CPI-M) state secretary B.V. Raghavulu also mourned the death of Basu.
