Om Birla said, “Earlier, a book of such unparliamentary words used to be released and to avoid wastage of papers, we have put it on the internet.”
New Delhi: Moments after the Opposition slammed the government for coming up with a new list of words deemed unfit for use in Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said no word has been banned in any of the Houses. He added that the new list is merely a compilation of words that had been removed from the records in the past.
Birla said, “Earlier, a book of such unparliamentary words used to be released and to avoid wastage of papers, we have put it on the internet. No words have been banned, we have issued a compilation of the words.”
Speaking about a dictionary of unparliamentary words, Birla said, “Have they (Opposition) read this 1,100-page dictionary? If they had, they would not have spread misconception.” Birla said it was released earlier too and from 2010, it began to be released every year.
Some of the words that have joined the new list are — ‘Bloodshed’, ‘bloody’, ‘betrayed’, ‘ashamed’, ‘abused’, ‘cheated, ‘chamcha’, ‘chamchagiri’, ‘chelas’, ‘childishness’, ‘corrupt’, ‘coward’, ‘criminal’ and ‘crocodile tears’, ‘disgrace’, ‘donkey’, ‘drama’, ‘eyewash’, ‘fudge’, ‘hooliganism’, ‘hypocrisy’, ‘incompetent’, ‘mislead’, ‘lie’, ‘untrue’, ‘anarchist’, ‘gaddar’, ‘girgit’, ‘goons’, ‘ghadiyali ansu’, ‘apmaan’, ‘asatya’, ‘ahankaar’, ‘corrupt’, ‘kala din’, ‘kala bazaari’, ‘khareed farokht’, ‘danga’, ‘dalal’, ‘daadagiri’, ‘dohra charitra’, ‘bechara’, ‘bobcut’, ‘lollypop’, ‘vishwasghat’, ‘samvedanheen’, ‘foolish’, ‘pitthu’, ‘behri sarkar’, and ‘sexual harassment’.
Taking to Twitter, Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’ Brien Thursday morning said, “Session begins in a few days. GAG ORDER ISSUED ON MPs. Now, we will not be allowed to use these basic words while delivering a speech in #Parliament : Ashamed. Abused. Betrayed. Corrupt. Hypocrisy. Incompetent. I will use all these words. Suspend me. Fighting for democracy”.
