Vajpayee among tallest leaders of modern India: Manmohan Singh

New Delhi, Aug 16: Senior Congress leader Manmohan Singh on Thursday said that former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee stood among the “tallest leaders” of the modern India and spent his whole life serving the country. “I have learnt with profound sorrow about the sad demise of Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayeeji,” former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said condoling the demise of Vajpayee in a statement. “An excellent orator, an impressive poet, an exceptional Public Servant, an outstanding Parliamentarian and a great Prime Minister, Vajpayeeji stood among the tallest leaders of modern India, who spent his whole life serving our great country,” Singh said. “His services to our nation will be remembered for a long time to come,” he added.(IANS)