गुरुवार, 10 जुलाई 2008

Speaker's Office scotches all rumours about his resignation

New Delhi, Jul 10 (DNS) Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee'soffice today clarified that the Speaker had not taken any decision"relevant to the present political context" and asked the media to restrain from dragging the highest legislative office of the countryinto controversies by "speculative reports and undeserved innuendos''।
Reacting to the various media reports regarding his continuationin office after the withdrawal of support by the CPM to the four-year old Manmohan Singh led Government, a release issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat said, ''The Honourable Speaker does not represent any political party in the discharge of his duties andfunctions. It is well known that the present Speaker's election to the high office was not only uncontested but was unanimous as all political parties proposed his name. He was not elected as the nominee of any party.

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