CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury said in a statement that a "disinformation campaign" on the issue of inclusion of Speaker's name in the CPI(M) list submitted to the President was doing the rounds.
He was referring to reports which quoted him as saying that Chatterjee should have been consulted before including his name in the list.
"What I said is that the Speaker's name should be included in the CPI(M) List as he was elected as a CPI(M) candidate but with an asterix denoting that he is the Lok Sabha Speaker, as is the normal Parliamentary procedure," he said.
Meanwhile, there was no word from Chatterjee that he was in line with the party decision to withdraw support to the UPA government.
Chatterjee has came under renewed pressure from his party to quit the post but he is understood to have raised questions over the party's decision to vote along with BJP against the UPA government.
