Dictator, corrupt, sin: MP lists words to be avoided in assembly

STATE ASSEMBLY RELEASED A 38-PAGE BOOKLET, WHICH LISTS OUT A NUMBER OF UNPARLIAMENTARY WORDS, PHRASES AND SENTENCES

BHOPAL: Traitor, curse, mad thief, sycophant, dictator, sin, pity, black-marketing and corrupt are among the list of words and phrases that have been expunged from the proceedings of the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly from 1954 till March 2021, according to a booklet prepared by state assembly officers consisting of 1,161 words and phrases that are deemed unparliamentary.

Now, legislators have been asked to avoid these words and phrases during assembly proceedings, said AP Singh, principal secretary, Madhya Pradesh assembly. On the eve of the fourday long monsoon session, the state assembly on Sunday released this 38-page booklet, which lists out a number of unparliamentary words, phrases and sentences - mostly in Hindi.

According to the booklet, use of misnomers like Pappu, Mr Bantadhar, Jhoota, Farzi Patrakar, Godi, Feku, Mamu among others will also be out of bounds for legislators. Similarly, they will be asked not take names of wife and other relatives of fellow

MLAS and ministers.

The booklet was released at the Vidhan Sabha Bhavan on Sunday by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, state Congress chief Kamal Nath, parliamentary affairs minister Narottam Mishra and assembly speaker Girish Gautam.

Legislators will also be asked not to use some of the Hindi proverbs and idioms, such as ‘chullu bhar pani mein doob jana’, ‘gobar ganesh’, ‘Ali Baba chalis chor’ among others.

“During the session, we have to expunge many unparliamentary and indecent words from the proceedings record book. So, we have decided to give them clarity on the use of words in the assembly,” said assembly speaker Girish Gautam.

However, several opposition leaders have expresses dissatisfaction over the ban of many words which they claimed are commonly used to attack the state government.

“Corruption, fake, black-marketing and injustice are some of the words which we use commonly to expose irregularity in the system. Now, the assembly speaker wants to keep us mum in the house. We also want ban on misnomer, but it is wrong to ban use of common words,” said Govind Singh, senior Congress leader. The monsoon session of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly will begin on August 9.