Somnath Chatterjee, India’s Lok Sabha speaker, is an experienced parliamentarian who has spent 37 years as the people’s representative. Chatterjee’s name is now doing the rounds as the next occupant of India’s president house (Rashtrapati Bhavan). He may replace President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam as India’s first citizen when his current term ends in July. But Chatterjee refused to speak yesterday when asked whether he is a candidate for the highest job.