Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, who was expelled from the CPI-M after he refused to toe the party decision to quit from his post during the trust vote in July, on Sunday ruled out returning to the party 'at this age'.
A fractured polity is one of the main reasons behind the continuous disruption of parliament proceedings, believes Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee.- Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee was on Wednesday charged by CPI(M) with discriminating against his former party colleagues one of whose members was suspended for a day for waving a paper in the House.
A parliamentary committee tasked to probe the allegations of bribery levelled by Bharatiya Janata Party MPs has asked for more time to finalise its report.
The seven member Lok Sabha panel constituted to look into three Bharatiya Janata Party MPs' allegations that they were bribed to abstain during the July 22 trust vote has been given an extension till Aug 29.- In the eye of storm over his refusal to quit, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Friday said he will retire at the end of his term and was not keen on rejoining CPI(M) which expelled him recently.
The Prakash Karat-led CPM is in a damage control mode. Recently, it was compelled to circulate a pamphlet among the rank and file to explain why Somnath Chatterjee was expelled from the party.
Somnath Chatterjee on Friday ruled out quitting as Lok Sabha Speaker and hit out at CPI-M for demanding his resignation saying it cannot give any direction to him in his Constitutional office.
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, who was expelled by the CPI-M for refusing to quit his post despite the party directive, has expressed his desire to quit politics and do charitable work, former CPI-M MP Saifuddin Chowdhury claimed.- In his first hard-hitting reaction after expulsion from the Communist Party of India-Marxist, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has said he was now a "sinner" in the eyes of the party.
- Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Saturday set up a seven-member committee to examine claims made by three Bharatiya Janata Party MPs that they were bribed to stay away from the trust vote.
Having won a confidence motion for the party-led coalition at the Centre, Congress expects a no-confidence motion either against Speaker Somnath Chatterjee by Left parties or the against government by main opposition BJP in the next session of Parliament.
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee should have resigned when the CPI-M withdrew support to the Congress-led government, BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu said in Raipur on Friday.- Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, who was expelled from CPI(M) two days ago for defying party directive to quit the post, turned 80 on Friday.
- Expelled Communist Party of India-Marxist leader and Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee was an aspirant for the posts of the country's president and vice president in 2007, a senior party leader said in Agartala on Thursday.
A day after expelling Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee from the party, Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary Prakash Karat on Thursday said his party had "no option" other than to take disciplinary action against the senior leader.- In a decision that was expected but left political circles stunned, the Communist Party of India-Marxist on Wednesday expelled Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee.
- Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, who defied his party by not resigning, kept on the suspense on Tuesday as to whether he would quit saying he will "decide" when the time comes.
- Ignoring CPI(M) demand that he should step down, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Monday presided over the special session debating the government's confidence motion, and the party hinted at action against him.
- Defying a CPI-M directive to quit his post before the trust vote, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Monday chaired an all-party meeting in New Delhi ahead of the special session of the Lok Sabha to decide on the confidence motion.
- In the face of continued defiance by Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, the CPI(M) Central Committee on Sunday chose to avoid any strong action, preferring to leave the issue to the Politburo.
- Strong resentment in CPI(M) over Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee's continuance in the office came to the fore, with two of the party MPs from Kerala criticising his reluctance to vote with the BJP.
- Taking a dig at Speaker Somnath Chatterjee for his reported reservation about the CPI-M's decision to vote with a "communal" BJP in the July 22 confidence motion, the BJP today questioned his impartiality.
- While the suspense over Somnath Chatterjee's resignation as speaker continues, the CPM has on Wednesday accepted that including his name in the list of party MPs without a rider was a mistake.
- Despite the pressure mounted on him by the CPI-M leadership to resign his post immediately, Somnath Chatterjee remained defiant, as he questioned their very decision to go along with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
