Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who had visited Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu in a Kolkata hospital a day before his
death, Monday said "a huge pillar" in the political firmament has fallen.
"Jyoti Basu has just passed away!... Deeply grieved and send our prayers and condolences. A huge pillar in the Indian
political firmament has fallen. The nation is in grief, " Amitabh posted on his blog early Monday morning.
Big B, as he is fondly called, spent half-an-hour at the hospital and also spoke to doctors about Basu's condition during his
visit there Saturday, a day before Basu's death.
Basu, a former West Bengal chief minister, died at 95 in AMRI Hospital in Kolkata Sunday.
A pillar has fallen, says Amitabh of Jyoti Basu`s death
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:32 IST
