Somnath Chatterjee

Senior Congress leader Gulam Nabi Azad pays floral tribute to former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee on his birth anniversary at Central Hall of Parliament, in New Delhi.

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Speaker Om Birla pays floral tribute to former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee on his birth anniversary at Central Hall of Parliament, in New Delhi.

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Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and MoS for Electronics and Information Technology SS Ahuluwalia (L) pay their last respects to former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, at hi...

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CPI (M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury pays his last respect to former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, at his residence in Kolkata. Chatterjee passed away at a private hos...

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Chief Minister of West Bengal state, Mamata Banerjee, right, arrives to pay tribute as the body of former Indian parliament lower house speaker Somnath Chatterjee is laid to pay re...

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Wife Renu Chatterjee, center, is assisted by others as the body of former Indian parliament lower house speaker Somnath Chatterjee is laid to pay respects outside the Legislative A...

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In this file photo, Former Speaker of Loksabha, Somnath Chatterjee at his residence in Bolpore.

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In this file photo, Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee cuts a cake to celebrate his 85th birthday as his wife Renu Chatterjee (R) and daughter Anushila Basu (back) look on...

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In this file photo, Somnath Chatterjee with APJ Abdul Kalam and Manmohan Singh during a programme in New Delhi.

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In this file photo, The release of Somnath Chatterjee’s Keeping the Faith: Memoirs of a Parliamentarian was the latest power event in the capital.

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In this file photo, Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee speaks at a protest rally under the banner ‘Save Democracy Forum’ against suppression of human rights and deteri...

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In this file photo, Octogenarian Marxist leader Jyoti Basu and former Speaker Somnath Chatterjee during the 96th birthday celebrations of Basu in Calcutta.

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In this file photo, Biman Bose, Yechury, Somnath at Jyoti Basu’s birth anniversary celebrations
In this file photo, Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee at his residence in Shantiniketan

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Biman Bose, Yechury, Somnath at Jyoti Basu’s birth anniversary celebrations
Old guard Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee at his residence in Shantiniketan

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Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee speaks at a protest rally under the banner ‘Save Democracy Forum’ against suppression of human rights and deterioration of law & or...

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Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee cuts a cake to celebrate his 85th birthday as his wife Renu Chatterjee (R) and daughter Anushila Basu (back) look on, at his residence i...

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The Year That Was: The Most Talked-About National News Stories Of 2018

From the unprecedented press conference of Supreme Court judges to Kerala floods, farmers' protests, NRC and much more. Here's your comprehensive round-up of the top news that dominated the national discourse in 2018

Dec 28, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
Somnath Chatterjee Was My Guide, I Always Used To Call Him, Now Whom Shall I Call: Sumitra Mahajan

"When he was the Speaker and I was in Opposition... He loved me as his younger sister. He used to care. When I became Speaker, the first phone came from him," Mahajan said.

Aug 13, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
Somnath Chatterjee Was An Institution: Leaders, Politicians Condole Ex-Lok Sabha Speaker's Death

President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid their tributes to former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, breathed his last at 8.15 am on Monday morning.

Aug 13, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
Communist Veteran Somnath Chatterjee On Ventilator Support, Condition Critical

Chatterjee, who is one of the longest-serving parliamentarians in India, is not keeping well from the past few months.

Aug 12, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
Calcutta Corner

Hindsight would perhaps tell Mamata that her public snub to the PM, the FM, the VP and Congress President may actually have left the Congress with no option but to officially announce Mr Pranab Mukherjee's name

Jun 15, 2012

| Dola Mitra
Caught In A Bind

Mamata and Mulayam, by publicly proposing their presidential candidates, have confronted the Congress with two cruel alternatives both of which could cause it a loss of face

Jun 13, 2012

| B. Raman
'One Of The Saddest Days Of My Life'

The Speaker finally breaks his silence on his summary expulsion from the CPI(M): 'I feel that I owe a duty to the members, supporters of the CPI(M) and to the citizens of the country to inform them as to how the present situation has come about'

Aug 01, 2008

| Somnath Chatterjee
'We Do Not Want Any Confrontation'

The Lok Sabha Speaker on his controversial suggestion for a presidential reference, the Speaker's meet which was boycotted by the speakers of the NDA-ruled states and the general state of pandemonium in the parliament.

Mar 22, 2005

| Nagendar Sharma BBC Hindi Radio
'Patriotism And Support Of POTO Have Become Synonymous'

One section of the people are very studiously being avoided and that is the Opposition of this country. The Government owes an explanation to the nation.

Dec 18, 2001

| Somnath Chatterjee
'Banality Has Overtaken This Government'

'Our greatest handicap today is that we have a Government that behaves in an ad-hoc manner. We have a situation that even the Prime Minister feels like resigning'

Aug 08, 2001

| Somnath Chatterjee

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Honour Speaking

Many in the CPI(M) want Somnath to return. He wants an invite.

Aug 03, 2015

| Dola Mitra
“Important Matters Have Been Dealt With Hurriedly”

Chatterjee talks about the legality of ordinances, the former Prime Minster and his plans on writing more books.

Feb 09, 2015

| Dola Mitra
‘SC Panel’s Finding Can’t Be Treated As A Conviction’

Former Lok Sabha Speaker lashed out at those demanding Justice Ganguly’s resignation

Dec 30, 2013

| Outlook
Service Unto Oneself

What worries me most is the non-functioning of Parliament.

Jul 29, 2013

| Somnath Chatterjee
M&M A Double Whammy

Mamata-Mulayam stun Congress with their unexpected googly

Jun 25, 2012

| Pragya Singh Anuradha Raman Pranay Sharma Panini Anand
The Inkwell Overflows

Somnath Chatterjee’s memoir promises to give CPI(M)’s skeletons a healthy airing

Jul 05, 2010

| Dola Mitra
Mediator Extraordinaire

Somnath Chatterjee is the man who's done the impossible—brought Sonia and Mulayam together

Dec 17, 2001

| Bhavdeep Kang
An Exceptional Life

A revolutionary's brush with Netaji and the Rani Jhansi regiment

May 18, 1998

| Somnath Chatterjee
Bjp Stunned On Homeground

The saffron brigade suffers a setback at the hustings, and promptly blames it on Kalyan Singh’s pre-poll manoeuvres

Oct 23, 1996

| Yubaraj Ghimire
The Harshad Way

Mumbai stockbrokers explore ways to de-stress and keep fit

Oct 23, 1996

| Shekhar Ghosh

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Somnath Da: The Dark Secret And The Deep Hurt

Indeed when the former Lok Sabha speaker, Somnath Chatterjee, was expelled from the CPI(M) in 2008, it was almost unthinkable considering the position the veteran politician enjoyed in his party which he joined in 1968.

Aug 13, 2018