Sorry to hear of the passing of Shri Somnath Chatterjee, former Speaker of the Lok Sabha and a veteran parliamentar… https://t.co/WTrdoZWaIJ — President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) 1534133167000

Former MP and Speaker Shri Somnath Chatterjee was a stalwart of Indian politics. He made our Parliamentary democrac… https://t.co/YPlWq1KtW4 — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 1534133690000

I mourn the passing away of Shri Somnath Chatterjee, 10 term MP and former Speaker of the Lok Sabha. He was an inst… https://t.co/I8f0U9lQsm — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) 1534132115000

NEW DELHI: Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee died on Monday morning at the age of 89.The veteran parliamentarian suffered a massive heart attack on Monday and breathed his last at 8.10 am.He was admitted to Belle Veu Clinic in Kolkata on Tuesday after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was suffering from a kidney-related ailment.A 12-member team of doctors was keeping a constant watch on the veteran politician, the official said.Last month, the former speaker had suffered a hemorrhagic stroke. He underwent a treatment for 40 days and was thereafter discharged.However, his condition deteriorated last Tuesday and he had to be hospitalised again, a official said.A ten-time Lok Sabha MP, Chatterjee was a central committee member of the CPM, which he had joined in 1968.He won the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award in 1996. He was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2009.The veteran leader was expelled from the CPM in 2008 for refusing to resign as the Speaker after his party withdrew support to the UPA-I government.President Ram Nath Kovind said that Chatterjee's death is a a loss for public life in Bengal and India.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a tweet, mourned the loss of Chatterjee and said that the Indian leader was a stalwart of Indian politics who was a "strong voice for the well-being of the poor and vulnerable".Congress president Rahul Gandhi too mourned the loss of Chatterjee and said that the leader “was an institution”.