If Speaker is above party Politics then why is SPEAKER not from Opposition ? Why is he alawys from the ruling party.Why dint Congress continue with Mr Manohar Joshi of Shiv Sena as Speaker?On what ground did they chose speaker Somnath chatterjee above Manohar Joshi ....??? It was only on the Condition of Party and Politics only that they chsoe Somnth..Bloggers Please dont Confuse between Election Commissioner and Lok Sabha Speaker.Election Commissioner comes by clearing UPSC exams and is a Senior IAS officer he can be Non Partisan But Speaker FIGHTS ELECTIONS UNDER PARTY BANNER and is elected by the Votes of Elected member who comes in lok sabha after getting elected under a PARTY BANNER.So Non Political speaker is just like a Golden Dear mentioned in Ramayana