Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee passes away after suffering a heart attack
Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee passes away after suffering a heart attack
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Kolkata: Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee died today morning after he suffered a heart attack at Kolkata hospital.

The 89-year-old Somnath Chatterjee suffered a hemorrhagic stroke in June 2018 and was hospitalized for more than a month.

Worth mention here the condition of Somnath Chatterjee continued to be serious on Sunday after he suffered from a mild heart attack. Chatterjee had been on ventilation for the last five days after he was admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata on Tuesday owing to kidney-related complications.

Somnath Chatterjee was the Speaker in the first five-year term (2004-2009) of the United Progressive Alliance government. He was elected to the Parliament's Lower House for ten times since 1971.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi tweeted on the demise of veteran leader as expressing the sorrow “I mourn the passing away of Shri Somnath Chatterjee, 10 term MP and former Speaker of the Lok Sabha. He was an institution. Greatly respected and admired by all parliamentarians, across party lines. My condolences to his family at this time of grief."

Somnath Chatterjee was a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) from 1968 to 2008. He was expelled from the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in July 2008 for rejecting to resign as Speaker after CPI-M took out support from the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.

 

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