MLAs in MP to get a handbook on ‘unparliamentary’ words | India News
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BHOPAL: ‘Pappu’ is off Madhya Pradesh legislators’ lexicon. So is ‘Feku’. They have been listed as ‘unparliamentary’ in a dictionary of sorts that MLAs here will be given to make them aware of what words to avoid if the coming monsoon session goes on the boil.
Within a fortnight, MLAs will undergo two days of mandatory training on avoiding unparliamentary language in the House, Speaker Girish Gautam said. The handbook — the first such in MP — is ready and will be given to legislators any day. The monsoon session begins on August 9.
“Often, MLAs use unparliamentary words in the House, which have to be expunged from their address. The purpose of this exercise is to inform members of the words they must not use in assembly,” Gautam said. There are approximately 300 such words in the handbook. Among the printable ones are ‘murkh, chor, nalayak and bewakoof ’. Interestingly, ‘jhooth’ (lie) is also considered unparliamentary.
Officials said it took three months to come up with the list and prepare the handbook. It will help maintain decorum in the House, said the Speaker. Lok Sabha already has a list of words not to be used, and this was a ready reckoner for the MP handbook. With no love lost between the two main parties, especially since the toppling of the Congress government, things may get heated when MLAs come face to face.
Times View: A time when abusive language has almost become an acceptable part of everyday life, it is refreshing to witness an attempt to create decorum inside a state assembly. The training and the dictionary may not bring about fundamental changes in a legislator’s personality, but the larger message will hopefully go home. Other assemblies could do well to emulate this move.
Within a fortnight, MLAs will undergo two days of mandatory training on avoiding unparliamentary language in the House, Speaker Girish Gautam said. The handbook — the first such in MP — is ready and will be given to legislators any day. The monsoon session begins on August 9.
“Often, MLAs use unparliamentary words in the House, which have to be expunged from their address. The purpose of this exercise is to inform members of the words they must not use in assembly,” Gautam said. There are approximately 300 such words in the handbook. Among the printable ones are ‘murkh, chor, nalayak and bewakoof ’. Interestingly, ‘jhooth’ (lie) is also considered unparliamentary.
Officials said it took three months to come up with the list and prepare the handbook. It will help maintain decorum in the House, said the Speaker. Lok Sabha already has a list of words not to be used, and this was a ready reckoner for the MP handbook. With no love lost between the two main parties, especially since the toppling of the Congress government, things may get heated when MLAs come face to face.
Times View: A time when abusive language has almost become an acceptable part of everyday life, it is refreshing to witness an attempt to create decorum inside a state assembly. The training and the dictionary may not bring about fundamental changes in a legislator’s personality, but the larger message will hopefully go home. Other assemblies could do well to emulate this move.
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