New Delhi, October 19: Adding a fresh element to the impeachment process of Calcutta High Court judge Soumitra Sen, former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has written a letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari conveying his “views” on the issue.
The letter has been forwarded to the three-member inquiry committee formed by Ansari to look into the charges of irregularity and embezzlement against Sen, sources said.
Chatterjee had certain views on the issue and he has expressed these in the letter, the sources said, amid reports that the former Speaker had questioned the impeachment proceedings while defending the judge.
“I have written to the Rajya Sabha Chairman, not in my capacity as former Speaker but as a citizen of India. Since I have written to him personally, I cannot divulge details,” the former Speaker told.
–Agencies