2009 Poll Prospects And Alignments

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Somnath Chatterjee doesn't have to resign from the speaker's post. And if he doesn't resign by himself then a majority vote in LS will have to be taken to remove him. But that vote is unlikely, and not possible before the trust vote.

LF would like to keep somnath chatterjee in the chair for now. In the current climate the speaker's post has lot of powers. If some parties like SP have rebel MPs that vote against the party whip, then the decision on their disqualification etc rests with the speaker. Somnath Chatterjee can just sit on the question of disqualification of such members for a year.

So, highly unlikely that LF will allow Somnath chatterjee to resign on his own.


http://speakerloksabha.nic.in/roleofthespe...m%20of%20Office
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