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The death of Somnath Chatterjee on Monday and the day-long events that followed have opened up a Pandora's Box the former Lok Sabha Speaker would most likely have frowned down upon.

Leaders from several political parties, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi, have tweeted condolences on hearing that former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has died. He was 89. The 10-time parliamentarian was admitted to a Kolkata hospital with a kidney ailment.

Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee spent the last few years of his life in seclusion, expelled by the CPM despite representing the political party in Lok Sabha for almost 40 years, for sticking to a non-partisan stand during a critical moment in parliament's history.

Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee died on Monday morning in Kolkata days after he was admitted to hospital with a kidney ailment. He was 89 years old. Mr Chatterjee, who was admitted to Bellevue hospital on August 8, was put on ventilator support after he suffered a heart attack. His condition turned critical on Sunday morning.

CPM chief Sitaram Yechury had lunch and a spent close to two hours on Sunday with former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee. The veteran leader had been expelled from the party in July 2008 for refusing to quit the Speaker's post as the Left withdrew support to the UPA government over the Indo-US nuclear deal.

The decks seem to be cleared for the re-induction of two veteran Marxist leaders into the Communist Party of India-Marxist or the CPM shortly. The homecoming of former Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Somnath Chatterjee and the only surviving member of the country's first Communist government of 1957, KR Gowri Amma is likely to take place soon, according...

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury today indicated that former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee will be reinducted into the party from which he was expelled seven years ago, as the two leaders shared a dais in Kolkata.

Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee campaigned for the candidates of CPM, which had expelled him about three years ago, in West Bengal Assembly elections.Initially spurned by the party, Chatterjee had agreed to campaign for the ongoing poll after CPM general secretary Prakash Karat recent remarks that whosoever wanted to support the Left Fr...

Former Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has ruled out any possibility of applying to the CPM to return to the party.

"A political party should not resort to violence if people do not vote for it" , said Somnath Chatterjee in a veiled criticism of the CPM from which he has been expelled.

Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has suggested that party General Secretary Prakash Karat should consider quitting his post.

The war between Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee and CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat is out in the open.

The war between Somnath Chatterjee and CPM, his party of more than 40 years, is becoming increasingly bitter.

The death of Somnath Chatterjee on Monday and the day-long events that followed have opened up a Pandora's Box the former Lok Sabha Speaker would most likely have frowned down upon.

Leaders from several political parties, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi, have tweeted condolences on hearing that former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has died. He was 89. The 10-time parliamentarian was admitted to a Kolkata hospital with a kidney ailment.

Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee spent the last few years of his life in seclusion, expelled by the CPM despite representing the political party in Lok Sabha for almost 40 years, for sticking to a non-partisan stand during a critical moment in parliament's history.

Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee died on Monday morning in Kolkata days after he was admitted to hospital with a kidney ailment. He was 89 years old. Mr Chatterjee, who was admitted to Bellevue hospital on August 8, was put on ventilator support after he suffered a heart attack. His condition turned critical on Sunday morning.

CPM chief Sitaram Yechury had lunch and a spent close to two hours on Sunday with former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee. The veteran leader had been expelled from the party in July 2008 for refusing to quit the Speaker's post as the Left withdrew support to the UPA government over the Indo-US nuclear deal.

The decks seem to be cleared for the re-induction of two veteran Marxist leaders into the Communist Party of India-Marxist or the CPM shortly. The homecoming of former Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Somnath Chatterjee and the only surviving member of the country's first Communist government of 1957, KR Gowri Amma is likely to take place soon, according...

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury today indicated that former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee will be reinducted into the party from which he was expelled seven years ago, as the two leaders shared a dais in Kolkata.

Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee campaigned for the candidates of CPM, which had expelled him about three years ago, in West Bengal Assembly elections.Initially spurned by the party, Chatterjee had agreed to campaign for the ongoing poll after CPM general secretary Prakash Karat recent remarks that whosoever wanted to support the Left Fr...

Former Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has ruled out any possibility of applying to the CPM to return to the party.

"A political party should not resort to violence if people do not vote for it" , said Somnath Chatterjee in a veiled criticism of the CPM from which he has been expelled.

Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has suggested that party General Secretary Prakash Karat should consider quitting his post.

The war between Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee and CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat is out in the open.

The war between Somnath Chatterjee and CPM, his party of more than 40 years, is becoming increasingly bitter.