Chandigarh, Sept 21 : Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Sunday said that extraordinary laws to deal with terror are prone to misuse.

Kuala Lumpur, Aug 8 : Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Friday said he would retire at the end of his term and was not keen on rejoining the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM).

Chatterjee, who is leading a parliamentary delegation to the 54th Commonwealth Parliament Association Meeting here, said he was very proud to be a party member.

“It was the saddest day of my life when I was expelled. There is no initiative on my part to rejoin," the Speaker said in an interview to a news agency.

Kolkatta, July 29 : Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, who was expelled by the Communist Party of India-Marxist for refusing to quit his constitutional post despite party directive, said that he has left it to the people to judge whatever had happened.

"I will speak after a few days. I leave it to the people (to judge)," he said yesterday to media persons after visiting his ailing sister at her Salt Lake home in Kolkata.

This was Chatterjee’ first statement to the media following his expulsion from CPM for refusing to quit his post.

New Delhi, July 24 : Terming the decision of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) to expel Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee as unfortunate, party General Secretary Prakash Karat today said that it had no other option but to take disciplinary action against the veteran Marxist.

Chatterjee’s refusal to quit the post after a party directive prompted it to take such action, said Karat.

Addressing a press conference here, Karat said it was not a “happy thing” to do.

New Delhi, July 24: A day after the Communist Party of India (Marxist) expelled Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee from the party, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today assured him of the support of the United Progressive Alliance.

Dr. Singh drove to Chatterjee''s residence this morning to convey this message to him. The meeting lasted around 10 minutes. Singh appreciated the manner in which the Speaker conducted the House.

New Delhi, July 24 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh met Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee at his residence early this morning.

The meeting held a day after the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) expelled him from the party for refusing to follow the party''s advice regarding resignation from the Speaker''s post.

The discussion between the two is still unknown.

Jayanti Natarajan, a Congress spokesperson said that Chatterjee''s expulsion would have no bearing on his continuation as Speaker.