I will speak after a few days: Somnath

Lok Sabha Speaker Somanth Chatterjee speaks to reporters breaking his silence after expulsion from CPI(M) for refusing to quit his post.

"I will speak after a few days. I leave it to the people (to judge)," Lok Sabha Speaker Somanth Chatterjee has said, breaking his silence after expulsion from CPI(M) for refusing to quit his post.

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He said "so many things had been said. Let me see for a few days more".

Chatterjee was speaking to reporters in Kolkata on Monday after visiting his ailing sister.

The Speaker had been eluding mediapersons ever since he reached in kolkata from Delhi and did not even take telephone calls from reporters.