He was also suffering from a kidney-related ailment and was admitted to the clinic in a critical condition on August 7.
Former
Lok Sabha speaker Somnath
Chatterjee died, aged 89, on Monday at a private hospital in
Kolkata, following a cardiac arrest and prolonged illness, news
agencies quoted nursing home sources.
"He
died at 8.15 a.m.," Bellevue Clinic CEO Pradip Tondon told IANS.
Chatterjee
was critical following the heart attack he suffered on Sunday. He was
also suffering from a kidney-related ailment and was admitted to the
clinic in a critical condition on August 7.
A
10-time Lok
Sabha MP, Chatterjee was a central committee member of the
CPI(M), which he had joined in 1968.
He
was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2009.
The
veteran leader was expelled from the CPI(M) in 2008 for refusing to
resign as the Speaker after his party withdrew support to the UPA-I
government.
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