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Telangana has no list of ‘unparliamentary’ words, follows Parliament | Hyderabad News
HYDERABAD: Ahead of the monsoon session of Parliament, words like ‘corrupt’, ‘dictatorial’, ‘incompetent’, ‘jumlajeevi’, ‘hypocritical’ are considered ‘unparliamentary’ as per new rules. While this has sparked an intense debate, it is worth mentioning that the list has never received any additions from Telangana state legislative assembly and council in the last eight years.
The Parliament secretariat collects a list of expunged words considered ‘unparliamentary’ from the legislative houses of states from time to time and Telangana has not submitted any such list since its formation.
The latest list of ‘unparliamentary’ words will become part of of such words in Telangana assembly as well since the state assembly does not subscribe to any separate list and adheres to the list of Parliament.
The only notable instance of a heated debate over such offensive words was the use of the term ‘draconian laws’ by BJP former MLC N Ramchander Rao.
During a debate on municipal laws, the member of the legislative council referred to them as ‘draconian laws’. He later retracted his remarks after minister K T Rama Rao objected to them. Another time, Congress members objected to TRS MLAs criticising former Congress chief ministers and their ‘failures’. Legislative affairs minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy said both houses in Telangana have always had meaningful discussions and everyone gets the opportunity to ask questions and receive responses.
“We may have had some rare occasions where the speaker himself might have expunged one or two words from the assembly records,” he said. There were numerous instances when nasty words used to fly around when Andhra Pradesh was united, particularly during separate Telangana statehood movement. According to government sources, some of the latest ‘unparliamentary words were considered ‘normal’ during heated debates until now.
“The speaker takes decisions on expunging the words from records depending on the flow of the words, context and time,” sources said. Words are expunged in two ways. When the speaker finds some words offensive, he or she has the authority to remove them on their own. When members object to other members’ use of certain words, the speaker has the authority to have those words expunged from the records.
The Lok Sabha secretariat has published a large book with the working title ‘Unparliamentary expressions’. The same book, which also heavily borrows from objectionable words and phrases from the proceedings of legislative houses across states, serves as the principal guide for state legislatures.
The Parliament secretariat collects a list of expunged words considered ‘unparliamentary’ from the legislative houses of states from time to time and Telangana has not submitted any such list since its formation.
The latest list of ‘unparliamentary’ words will become part of of such words in Telangana assembly as well since the state assembly does not subscribe to any separate list and adheres to the list of Parliament.
The only notable instance of a heated debate over such offensive words was the use of the term ‘draconian laws’ by BJP former MLC N Ramchander Rao.
During a debate on municipal laws, the member of the legislative council referred to them as ‘draconian laws’. He later retracted his remarks after minister K T Rama Rao objected to them. Another time, Congress members objected to TRS MLAs criticising former Congress chief ministers and their ‘failures’. Legislative affairs minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy said both houses in Telangana have always had meaningful discussions and everyone gets the opportunity to ask questions and receive responses.
“We may have had some rare occasions where the speaker himself might have expunged one or two words from the assembly records,” he said. There were numerous instances when nasty words used to fly around when Andhra Pradesh was united, particularly during separate Telangana statehood movement. According to government sources, some of the latest ‘unparliamentary words were considered ‘normal’ during heated debates until now.
“The speaker takes decisions on expunging the words from records depending on the flow of the words, context and time,” sources said. Words are expunged in two ways. When the speaker finds some words offensive, he or she has the authority to remove them on their own. When members object to other members’ use of certain words, the speaker has the authority to have those words expunged from the records.
The Lok Sabha secretariat has published a large book with the working title ‘Unparliamentary expressions’. The same book, which also heavily borrows from objectionable words and phrases from the proceedings of legislative houses across states, serves as the principal guide for state legislatures.
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