Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee suffers hemorrhagic stroke, critical

Somnath Chatterjee critical: "It was a hemorrhagic stroke with a medium size clot which is ordinary, but dangerous for a patient aged 89 years," hospital sources said.

By: Express Web Desk

New Delhi | Updated: June 28, 2018 11:07 AM IST

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Somnath Chatterjee had suffered a mild cerebral stroke back in 2014 as well.

Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee suffered a hemorrhagic stroke Wednesday night and his condition is stated to be critical. The 89-year-old leader is admitted to Belle Vue hospital. He had suffered a mild cerebral stroke back in 2014 as well.

“It was a hemorrhagic stroke with a medium size clot which is ordinary, but dangerous for a patient aged 89 years,” ANI quoted hospital sources as saying.

Chatterjee, who was associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist), served as Lok Sabha Speaker from 2004 to 2009.

Chatterjee had recently criticised the State Election Commission (SEC) over the panchayat polls. He said he had not seen such a violent run-up to an election in West Bengal during his long political career. Chatterjee underlined that the state government cannot give directions to the SEC since it is an independent body. “The SEC is not being able to take independent decisions. It should discharge its duties without any influence. But today we can see that it has failed to conduct a peaceful election,’’ he had said.

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