Kolkata: Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee yesterday (Dec 28, 2006) night thanked Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee for ending her 25-day fast and said he was happy with her decision.

Chatterjee told a private tv channel that he had already appealed to Banerjee to end her hunger srike and join the Lok Sabha session.

"I am happy that Mamata Banerjee has finally called off her hunger srike," Chatterjee said.

Meanwhile, the CPI(M) thanked Banerjee for deciding to call off her fast launched in protest against "forcible" acquisition of farmland at Singur for the small car project of Tata Motors.

Party leader Rabin Deb alleged that an atmosphere of uncertainty was crearted due to Banerjee's fast. However, it was finally "removed" with her decision to end the fast.

He said Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee had positively approached Banerjee on the Singur land issue.

Senior CPI(M) leader and state Transport Minister Subhas Chakraborty said he was relieved to know that Banerjee had ended her hungerstrike.