Hindustan Times (Ranchi)

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

- Shruti Tomar shruti.tomar@hindustant­imes.com

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 four-day 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.

Parliament of India has already prepared a list of words that are not allowed to be used by members of the Houses under Article 105(2) of the Constituti­on of India. “Ban on using unparliame­ntary words doesn’t mean that session will be so serious. The MLAs should read some literature and can use some decent light words to attack on each other on a lighter note,” the assembly speaker added.

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.

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