Words Banned In Parliament

Amid the unparliamentary words row, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said he would treat the list of words as indicative rather than definitive and "speak normally" in the House and see whether it is applied in a "draconian manner" to

The opposition's Presidential poll candidate Yashwant Sinha on Friday termed a new list of words deemed "unparliamentary" the latest in a series of "unprecedented assaults" on democracy in the country.

'Sexual harassment', 'ashamed', 'abused', 'betrayed', 'drama', 'hypocrisy' and 'incompetent' were some of the words listed as "unparliamentary" in a booklet released by the Lok Sabha Secretariat.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today gave his definition of the word "unparliamentary" amid growing protests by opposition lawmakers over the latest list of words deemed unfit for parliament. Predictably, Mr Gandhi's took a dig at Prime Minister Naren

The Congress and Trinamool Congress on Thursday slammed the "gag order" on usage of certain words in Parliament, saying all terms used by the Opposition to describe the Modi dispensation would now be considered "unparliamentary".

Terms like 'jumlajeevi', 'baal buddhi', 'Covid spreader' and 'Snoopgate' and even commonly used words like 'ashamed', 'abused, 'betrayed', 'corrupt', 'drama', and 'hypocrisy' will henceforth be considered unparliamentary in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

Amid the unparliamentary words row, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said he would treat the list of words as indicative rather than definitive and "speak normally" in the House and see whether it is applied in a "draconian manner" to

The opposition's Presidential poll candidate Yashwant Sinha on Friday termed a new list of words deemed "unparliamentary" the latest in a series of "unprecedented assaults" on democracy in the country.

'Sexual harassment', 'ashamed', 'abused', 'betrayed', 'drama', 'hypocrisy' and 'incompetent' were some of the words listed as "unparliamentary" in a booklet released by the Lok Sabha Secretariat.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today gave his definition of the word "unparliamentary" amid growing protests by opposition lawmakers over the latest list of words deemed unfit for parliament. Predictably, Mr Gandhi's took a dig at Prime Minister Naren

The Congress and Trinamool Congress on Thursday slammed the "gag order" on usage of certain words in Parliament, saying all terms used by the Opposition to describe the Modi dispensation would now be considered "unparliamentary".

Terms like 'jumlajeevi', 'baal buddhi', 'Covid spreader' and 'Snoopgate' and even commonly used words like 'ashamed', 'abused, 'betrayed', 'corrupt', 'drama', and 'hypocrisy' will henceforth be considered unparliamentary in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.