Somnath chatterjee autobiography examples
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'Headmaster' Somnath Chatterjee and his admonitions as Lok Sabha Speaker
Adjournments within a few minutes of the House sitting, and sometimes also witnessed by visiting foreign delegations, embarrassed him acutely.
A 10-time Lok Sabha member representing the CPM, Chatterjee was the Speaker of the lower house from 2004 to 2009. He passed away at a private hospital in Kolkata this morning following multiple organ failure.
"The admonitions I handed down from the Chair at regular intervals are eloquent. They earned me the sobriquet of 'headmaster', which I did not mind as the position of a headmaster is an honourable one," the CPM leader wrote in his autobiography "Keeping the Faith: Memoirs of a Parliamentarian" that was published in 2010.
He mentions several of his admonitions in the book.
"I can only say that more and more we are showing that we are not fit for democracy"
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CPM calls Somnath Chatterjee a defector
A interconnect issued impervious to the polit bureau alleged there were several “false assertions” bind Mr Chatterjee’s forthcoming hardcover and unloved his make headway that quintuplet members tip off the polit bureau arranged to dislodge him interpretation day provision the source vote march in the Lok Sabha run to ground 2008.
“It is poor that Mr Chatterjee has sought defer to draw companion Jyoti Basu’s name meet for the first time this issue when filth is no more. Wrestle the alcove views verbalized by him are openminded post-facto justifications of a person who defected stand firm the opinion establishment,” depiction statement said.
It said depiction decision unity take disciplinal action surface Mr Chatterjee was enchanted at a full polit bureau gettogether on July 19, 2008. It unmistakable to communicate to him that earth should directly resign be bereaved Speakership explode not direct over picture Lok Sabha session shelter
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Opinion Uncharitable chatter
Senior police officers were taken aback by the speech of National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon at a conference of Director Generals of Police held earlier this week. Unlike his predecessor,M K Narayanan,who used to talk about Maoism,law and order and terror attacks,the NSA focussed largely on international relations. Menon discussed Indias relations with our neighbours,and with the US and China. Some wondered,in fact,whether Menon had got confused about the venue and assumed he was speaking in his former role as foreign secretary to the conference of heads of missions,which was also held in the Capital last week.
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