Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday clarified that “no word has been banned” amid uproar by the opposition over the list of “unparliamentary” words released ahead of the monsoon session starting July 18. Birla said that none of the words that were used have been removed. In Parliament only by the opposition.
“Earlier a book of such unparliamentary words used to be released… To avoid wastage of papers, we have put it on the internet. No words have been banned, we have issued a compilation of words that have been removed (also earlier)…,” Birla said.
“Has they (opposition) read this 1,100-page dictionary (containing unparliamentary words)? If they…(they) don’t spread the misconception…It was released in 1954…1986, 1992, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2010…
Birla’s clarification comes amid controversy over the new booklet by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, according to which, the use of words like ‘jumlajeevi’, ‘child wit’, ‘Covid spreader’ and ‘snoopgate’ and even ‘snoopgate’ commonly Words like ’embarrassed’ are used. , ‘misbehaviour’, ‘betrayal’, ‘corrupt’, ‘drama’, ‘hypocrisy’ and ‘incompetent’ will henceforth be treated as unparliamentary in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
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Birla also said that only words used by the opposition in Parliament have not been removed. “Words that have been removed have been said/used in Parliament by the opposition as well as the party in power. There is nothing like selectively deleting the words used by the opposition only… Those have been objected to earlier,” he said.
The booklet listing “unparliamentary” expressions was released ahead of the monsoon session, during which words such as ‘anarchist’, ‘shakuni’, ‘dictatorship’, ‘tyrant’, ‘tyrant’, ‘jaichand’, ‘destructive man’ was used. ‘, ‘Khalistani’ and ‘Khoon se Kheti’ will also be abolished if used during debate or in both the Houses.
Birla said that the members of Parliament can freely express their views, and no one can take them immediately, but it should be according to the decorum of the House. “Decision to delete the words in the context and keeping in view the objections raised by other members,” the speaker said.
opposition hit
As soon as the booklet was released, the opposition slammed the government Rahul Gandhi Tweeted ‘New Dictionary for New India’.
TMC MP Derek O’Brien said it was a “wrong order” Continuing on MPs”. “Now, we will not be allowed to use these basic words while giving speeches #Parliament : embarrassed. mistreated. Cheated. corrupt. Hypocrisy. Incompetent I would use all these words. suspend me Fighting for democracy,” he tweeted.
Government sources told before Birla’s clarification PTI That “it is not a suggestion or order”, as the conditions have already been struck down by the Presiding Officers of Parliament and State Legislatures. He said that even during the UPA regime, words were considered unparliamentary.
Parliament sources said 62 new words have been added to the list during the last year and some of these may be reviewed. He also said that the list is not a new suggestion, but a compilation of words already deleted in Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha or state legislatures. He said that it also includes words considered unparliamentary in the Parliaments of Commonwealth countries.
He said that the opposition has created a ruckus in Parliament over the compilation of unparliamentary words. But what’s “funny” is that they have tried to create a storm without knowing the facts, an official said, the list being released every year. “Most of these words were considered unparliamentary even during the UPA government. The booklet is only a compilation of words, not suggestions or orders,” the official said.
(with PTI inputs)
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