KOLKATA: Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee’s family on Monday turned down the request of the CPI-M leadership to drape the expelled member’s body in the red flag and allow him to be taken to the party’s West Bengal state headquarters here for people to pay their last respects. “The[Read More…]
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Somnath Chatterjee; a distinguished politician with various shades in political career
Somnath Chatterjee has always been a leader of Communist Party of India (CPI-M) except for the last few years of his life when he was expelled from his party after refusing to resign from the position of Lok Sabha speaker. He was the speaker of Lok Sabha from the year[Read More…]
Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee’s health worsens, put on ventilator
Somnath Chatterjee has been suffering from cardiac problems due to which, he was admitted to hospital in Kolkata, and now has been put on life support system following worsening condition. 89-year-old Chatterjee was earlier admitted to a Kolkata hospital in June. He was released after his health improved after a[Read More…]
Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee continues to be critical
Kolkata: The health condition of former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, under treatment in a private nursing home here following a cerebral haemorrhage, continues to be critical with no further signs of deterioration, a hospital official said. His condition is more or less the same. He is still kept in[Read More…]