A day after the Lok Sabha Secretariat booklet listed phrases like ‘taanashahi’, ‘jumlajeevi’, ‘dictatorial’ amongst others as unparliamentary forward of the Monsoon Session, Opposition leaders lashed out on the central authorities, calling the ban pointless, with some even threatening to make use of them on the threat of being suspended by the Speaker.
Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi took to Twitter and mentioned, “What is the point of parliament if you can’t be creative in your criticism? Jumlajeevi ko jumlajeevi nahi bolnege to kya bolenge? Banning words is uncalled for!”
“Creativity, punch, messaging, assault on senses thru words 2bring about reform, tellingly putting across a point— all casualties under new Parl dictionary of unparl words!!How can hypricrisy, ashamed, abuse etc be banned? learn robust, incisive, penetrating debate from uk parl (sic),” he additional said.
According to the newly launched booklet, use of phrases like ‘jumlajeevi’, ‘baal buddhi’, ‘Covid spreader’ and ‘Snoopgate’, ‘ashamed’, ‘abused, ‘betrayed’, ‘corrupt’, ‘drama’, ‘hypocrisy’, Shakuni’, ‘dictatorial’, ‘taanashah’, ‘taanashahi’, ‘Jaichand’, ‘vinash purush’, ‘Khalistani’ and ‘khoon se kheti’ and ‘incompetent’ in debates in each the Houses of the Parliament can be deemed “unparliamentary.”
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, questioning why the phrase “sanghi” was omitted from the checklist, and slammed the Centre for limiting phrases used “to describe how BJP (is) destroying India and banned them”.
Challenging the Speaker to droop him, defiant Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien mentioned that he’ll go forward and use these phrases no matter them being declared unparliamentary. “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,” he mentioned.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”