Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan tore up while talking about Somnath Chatterjee who passed away this morning at 89; saying, 'he was like an elder brother to me’.

Speaking to the leading news agency ANI , Mahajan stated, “Somnath Da (Chatterjee) was a big brother to me. Our ideology was different but still, from the time I entered Parliament in '89, I used to see how he used to raise issues while following every rule. His tenure as a speaker was a guidance for me.

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— ANI (@ANI) August 13, 2018

On the other hand Former Vice President Mohd Hamid Ansari stated on the demise of Somnath Chatterjee that he was a very eminent parliamentarian and a man of great erudition, a speaker who added lustre to the chair.

Ansari asserted, “In his passing away, we have a lost very eminent personality. He has left behind a void. People will remember him”.

Worth mention here Somnath Chatterjee along with many other party leaders had donated his body for medical research. Before that, the mortal remains will be kept at party office where last respects will be paid to him. Then the remains will be taken to West Bengal assembly as Sitaram Yechury, CPI(M) told

He added that from West Bengal assembly, the body will be handed over to hospital. The final programme will be decided soon after consulting with his family.

Somnath Chatterjee died in today morning at the age of 89 in the Kolkatta hospital after suffering from the mild heart attack.