Bihar Has Shown the Way to Fight Against Intolerance: Somnath Chatterjee
India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday November 14, 2015
Expressing that Bihar has shown the rest of the country the "way" to fight against intolerance, former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee today said that all opposition parties should unite to protest against "misgovernance".
PM Modi's Silence on Intolerance Shows His Support: Somnath Chatterjee
India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday November 7, 2015
Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee today slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his silence over the ongoing controversy on intolerance and said it shows his "clear" support in these matters.
TMC Legislator Ordered by Court to Serve 2-Years in Jail, Sentence Suspended
India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 8, 2015
Trinamool Congress MLA from Raniganj in Burdwan district Sohrab Ali was today sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment by a court in Asansol on the charge of theft of railway iron scraps.
7 Years After Expelling Him, CPM May Welcome Somnath Chatterjee Back
India News | Written by Sandeep Phukan | Monday July 20, 2015
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.
CPM Readies to Bring Back Veterans Into Party Fold: Sources
India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday July 18, 2015
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...
CPM May Reinduct Somnath Chatterjee, Hints Party Chief Sitaram Yechury
India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 9, 2015
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.
Fear of Emergency is Still There, Says Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee
India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday June 18, 2015
Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee today said that political enmity and vendetta had touched a new low and the fear of an Emergency was still there in Indian politics.
Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Anguished Over Farmer's Suicide in Delhi
India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday April 24, 2015
Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Thursday termed the suicide of a farmer at an Aam Admi Party or AAP rally in Delhi a "shame for the nation".
India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday July 27, 2014
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan should designate a member of the Lower House of Parliament as Leader of the Opposition even if "there is no clear applicable rule", feels one of her predecessors Somnath Chatterjee.
Somnath Chatterjee Suffers Mild Cerebral Stroke
India News | Press Trust of India | Monday June 30, 2014
Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee has been admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata after suffering a mild cerebral stroke.
Book MPs who misbehaved in Parliament: former Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Telangana clashes
India News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Friday February 14, 2014
The lawmakers who vandalised and shamed Parliament on Thursday should be expelled and a criminal complaint can be filed against them, Somnath Chatterjee, a former Speaker of the Lok Sabha has said, calling for the strongest possible action.
West Bengal's image completely sullied: Somnath Chatterjee on rape cases
India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday January 24, 2014
Observing that the rising instances of crimes against women had "sullied" the image of West Bengal and "people are laughing at us", former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Friday asked the authorities to wake up.
AK Ganguly case: Somnath Chatterjee takes on Indira Jaising for making law intern's affidavit public
India News | Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Thursday December 19, 2013
Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has slammed Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising for releasing an affidavit, filed by a young woman where she has accused former Supreme Court judge AK Ganguly of sexual harassment.
It's easy to malign Justice AK Ganguly, let it be proved: Somnath Chatterjee
India News | Press Trust of India | Monday December 16, 2013
As the demand for Justice AK Ganguly's resignation as chairman of WBHRC gains ground, former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee today said that if somebody was guilty of any misdemeanour or crime under the law, he should be punished.
Justice AK Ganguly, indicted for sexual harassment, should quit says BJP in Parliament
India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday December 13, 2013
Former Supreme Court judge AK Ganguly, indicted for sexual harassment, is facing more trouble with the BJP taking their protests against him to Parliament.
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