What is wrong with a headmaster... It is a good profession. Don't we respect headmasters... what is wrong... how is it derogative?" he said.
The former CPI-M leader had also earned a reputation of upholding the high standards of the legislature. He hoped his successors would bring more laurels than he did. "Obviously. I hope more than me," he said.
Image: Somnath Chatterjee comes out of Parliament in New Delhi on December 12, 2005 during the lunch break after an all-party meeting. Several MPs were shown in a TV expose, taking bribes for raising questions in the two houses of Parliament. | Photograph: Sondeep Shankar/Saab Pictures
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