Aditi Tandon
New Delhi, July 14
With outrage over alleged censorship of Parliament by the opposition Congress and TMC in reference to a collection of unparliamentary words published by the Lok Sabha Secretariat on Wednesday, government sources have now reacted, saying it is not too much of a stir about nothing. . is the case.
Most of the words listed as unparliamentary in the collection are from the times of the Congress-led UPA government, a source said on Thursday, as Congress’s Jairam Ramesh argued that most of the words listed in the booklet were “no-use”. The opposition was using to describe the Narendra Modi-led NDA government.
Many other words, government sources said, as if they were expelled by state legislatures or parliaments of Commonwealth countries.
“The bankrupt politics of the opposition is quite clear. Today the opposition has created a lot of ruckus in the Parliament over the compilation of unparliamentary words. But the interesting thing is that they have tried to create a storm without knowing the truth.
He said that the list is brought out every year and it is not a new suggestion but a compilation of words already taken out in Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha or State Assemblies.
“It also contains a list of words considered unparliamentary in the parliaments of Commonwealth countries. For example, in Australia’s House of Representatives the word “abuse” was considered unparliamentary. The term “childishness” was considered unparliamentary in the National Assembly of Quebec. ‘Lollipop in the budget’ has been removed from the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The Punjab Assembly also dropped the phrase ‘you have come here by lying’. Sources pointed to the words “end-quiet, incompetent”, which we had removed from the Chhattisgarh Assembly.
The words “illiterate, ungargle” were removed from the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. Most of these words were considered unparliamentary even during the UPA government. The booklet is only a compilation of words, not suggestions or orders,” said government sources.
The collection of the Lok Sabha itself makes it clear that in cases of expulsion, the Speaker and the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha shall have the final authority and the compilation is for reference only.