Speaker should disassociate from party after being elected:
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Friday said the Speaker should disassociate himself from his party after being elected to the post.
New Delhi, Aug 1 Terming the day he was expelled from the CPI-M as ``one of the saddest days'' in his life, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Friday said that no party can treat the speaker as its member, and suggested that on being elected to the post an MP should temporarily resign from his party.