After major outcry over the list of unparliamentary words, the Centre on Thursday exposed the ‘bankrupt politics’ of the Opposition, revealing that a majority of these terms had been expunged during the UPA government.
Lok Sabha Secretariat’s new booklet on the list of unparliamentary words includes terms like ‘jumlajeevi’, ‘baal buddhi’, ‘Covid spreader’, and ‘Snoopgate’. The move has drawn criticism from the Opposition, with many leaders dubbing it a ‘gag order’ by the government.
Following the attacks, the Lok Sabha Secretariat issued a statement fact-checking the Opposition. The Secretariat clarified that the list is not a new suggestion, but merely a compilation of words already expunged in Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, or state legislatures.
“There has been a lot of hue and cry about the compilation of unparliamentary words in the parliament. But what is amusing is that they have tried to create a storm without knowing the facts. This list is brought out every year. The list is not a new suggestion, but merely a compilation of words already expunged in Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, or state legislatures. It also contains a list of words considered unparliamentary in parliaments of Commonwealth countries,” government sources said on Thursday.
The Secretariat also listed some words recently banned in state assemblies by Congress and AAP governments.
A new booklet by the Lok Sabha Secretariat lists out unparliamentary words and expressions. These include ‘anarchist’, ‘Shakuni’, ‘tanashah’, ‘taanashahi’, ‘dictatorial’, ‘Jaichand’, ‘Khalistani’, ‘vinash purush’, and ‘khoon se kheti’ as unparliamentary and would be expunged if used during debates or otherwise in both the Houses.
The booklet has further listed words like ‘dohra charitra’, ‘nautanki’, ‘dhindora peetna’, ‘nikamma’ and ‘behri sarkar’ as unparliamentary expressions.
Words or expressions declared unparliamentary from time to time by the Chair in different Legislative bodies in the country as well as in Commonwealth Parliaments, have been compiled by the Lok Sabha Secretariat for ready reference in the future.
However, the Rajya Sabha Chairman and the Lok Sabha Speaker will have the last word in expunging words and expressions.
Words and expressions that were declared unparliamentary in the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and state legislatures in the country during 2021, besides those disallowed in some of the Commonwealth Parliaments in 2020 have been compiled in the form of booklet.
Among some of the English words ‘bloodshed’, ‘bloody’, ‘betrayed’, ‘ashamed’, ‘abused’, ‘cheated’, ‘criminal’ and ‘crocodile tears’ and others are listed in the booklet by the Lok Sabha Secretariat as unparliamentary.
‘Anarchist’, ‘kala din’, ‘kala bazaari’, ‘gaddar’, ‘girgit’, ‘goons’, ‘ghadiyali ansu’, ‘ahankaar’, ‘corrupt’, and ‘khareed farokht’ have also been listed as unparliamentary.
