CM visits family members of Somnath Chatterjee

Kolkata | Wednesday | 15th August, 2018

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KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met the family members of former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee , who passed away on Monday.Banerjee came to Chatterjee's south Kolkata residence at around 6 pm and spent over 40 minutes with the family members.The CM talked to the former Speaker's wife Renu, daughter Anushila Bose and son Pratap, a family member said. "The CM had a personal rapport with my grandfather and we are grateful for the way she extended support to us during his illness and on the day he died," Chatterjee's grandson said.The 10-time Lok Sabha MP passed away at a private hospital here on August 13 following multiple-organ failure..