Somnath was nominated by CPM to the speaker's post and this was supported by the rest of the house. While he is expected t obe unbiased, he does not cease to be a member of the CPM. Wen the CPM asked him to quit, he shud have complied immediately as he owes his MP seat and the subsequent nomination to the post to his party without which he wud never have bcom speaker. CPM did not ask him to behave like a partyman while in the Chair; it wanted him to leave the post so that he cud help the party at this crucial time. But Somanth was so taken up by the comforts of the post that he violated party rule which is a serious offence in the CPM and so deserves the punishment. its exemplary that he was punished promptly inspite of his stature within the party. For those who believe that somanth was very sincere to his speaker's chair, it shud not be overlooked that one of his justification for not stepping down was that he wud have to vote along with the BJP; doesnt that show how prejudiced the man is; is he fit to be a speaker and is he un biased? Its unfortunate that he is being projected as an upright man wen he blatantly exposed his bias towards the BJP while still in the speaker's post. Also he failed to stick to his own word that he wud voluntarily step down from his post after the trust vote.
