Don’t use colonial terms: Venkaiah

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu has often made clear his dislike for “colonial terms” and today he again asked ministers to refrain from using them during proceedings. Called to lay listed papers, minister of state for finance P. Radhakrishnan began by saying “I beg to lay....” Mr Naidu immediately quipped that the minister should just use the term “I rise” to lay the papers and not “beg to”. Mr Radhakrishnan corrected himself when his name was again called to lay CAG reports a short while later, as he began by saying “I rise to lay....”