Somnath Chatterjee No More

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 10:40 AM

Somnath Chatterjee No More

New Delhi, Aug 13: Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee died at a hospital in Kolkata today. The veteran leader was 89.

According to the details, Chatterjee was admitted to the hospital on August 10 due to kidney ailments. He was on life support ever since.

Somnath Chatterjee was the Lok Sabha Speaker from 2004-2009 under the UPA government. After CPI(M) withdrew its support from the UPA government owing to the India-US nuclear deal Somnath Chatterjee was asked to resign as Speaker. He was expelled from the CPI(M) in 2008 after he refused to resign.

Politicians, leaders condoled the veteran leader's death.

He lost only one election in his lifetime -- to Mamata Banerjee from the Jadavpur constituency in 1984.