Somnath says… no, he doesn’t

Speaker Somnath Chatterjee is keeping everyone on tenterhooks, including some ex-comrades who share the same plight as him having been excommunicated from the party. These ex-comrades, belonging to both Kerala and West Bengal, have been trying to rope in Chatterjee to their anti-CPI(M) bandwagon since his expulsion from the party. They think that Chatterjee would bring in more life and media attention to their sagging political careers. But despite repeated efforts, Chatterjee has not given appointments to these former comrades as he is yet to make up his mind on his plan of action. Tired of waiting, his former colleagues are now using the clout of certain Congress leaders who are close to the former speaker to get an appointment with him.