Speaker should always be above party politics and should not be dragged to controversies.It will be better to elect speaker from the majority group in case of a coalition government .Speaker should ideally be with the government in case of a tie and should support the government .If speaker is from smaller party and if that party withdraws support it will be very difficult for the speaker to decide as to which way he should act as it may adversely affect his future political career.In this case Somnath Chatterjee has taken a brave decision to stay on.
