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NEW DELHI: Fighting back a massive backlash over an updated list of the unparliamentary words including elemental terms like “corrupt” and “irresponsible,” Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday gave his own twist, asserting that no word has been banned in Parliament as alleged by the Opposition as the internet booklet issued by his secretariat is a mere compilation of the expressions that had been removed from the records in the past.”Earlier a book of such unparliamentary words used to be released… To avoid wastage of papers, we have put it on internet. No words have been banned, we have issued a compilation of the words that have been expunged,” he told reporters.
NEW DELHI: Fighting back a massive backlash over an updated list of the unparliamentary words including elemental terms like “corrupt” and “irresponsible,” Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday gave his own twist, asserting that no word has been banned in Parliament as alleged by the Opposition as the internet booklet issued by his secretariat is a mere compilation of the expressions that had been removed from the records in the past.”Earlier a book of such unparliamentary words used to be released… To avoid wastage of papers, we have put it on internet. No words have been banned, we have issued a compilation of the words that have been expunged,” he told reporters.
“Have they (Opposition) read this 1,100-page dictionary (comprising unparliamentary words)? If they had… would not have spread misconception… It’s been released in 1954, 1986, 1992, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2010… began releasing on a yearly basis since 2010,” he said.
He asserted that the compilation will come handy to the MPs not to use the words in the list as they are bound to be expunged on the basis of precedents.
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