I lost my father again: Somnath

KOLKATA - Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee Sunday mourned the death of Communist patriarch Jyoti Basu, saying he had lost someone like his father.

When things started to go bad (in Left front), he was sad. He was sad about what happened with me. I used to consult him on all matters. For the second time, I have lost somebody like my father,” said an emotional Chatterjee.

“He was extremely affectionate to me, Chatterjee added. Whatever little I have been able to achieve is only because of him.

Chatterjee said that former prime minister Indira Gandhi had the highest respect for him and consulted him on many matters.