'Jumlajeevi' to 'Taanashahi': Unparliamentary Words MPs Cannot Use in the House

The Lok Sabha Secretariat has listed out words and expressions not to be used in the House.

Unparliamentary words expunged from the House.

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A booklet released by the Lok Sabha Secretariat has listed out words and expressions that would be considered unparliamentary in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. The list comes ahead of the Monsoon session, which begins on 18 July.

The Secretariat has compiled words and expressions, which have been periodically deemed unparliamentary by the Chair in various Legislative bodies as well as in Parliament, for easy access in the future. However, the Rajya Sabha chairman and the Lok Sabha speaker will have the last say in expunging them.

The list also includes any aspersions made against the Chair in both the Houses in either English or Hindi, which will be deemed unparliamentary.

The Unparliamentary Dictionary

Here are some of the words and expressions declared unparliamentary:

• Abused

• Ahankar

• Anarchist

• Apmaan

• Asatya

• Ashamed

• Baal Buddhi

• Bechara

• Behri Sarkaar

• Behri Sarkaar

• Betrayed

• Bloodshed

• Bloody

• Bobcut

• COVID Spreader

• Chamcha

• Chamchagiri

• Cheated

• Chelas

• Childishness

• Corrupt

• Coward

• Criminal

• Crocodile Tears

• Dadagiri

• Dalal

• Danga

• Dhindhora Peetna

• Dictatorial

• Disgrace

• Dohra Charitra

• Donkey

• Drama

• Eyewash

• Foolish

• Fudge

• Gaddar

• Ghadiyali Ansu

• Girgit

• Goons

• Hooliganism

• Hypocrisy

• Incompetent

• Jaichand

• Jumlajeevi

• Kala Bazaari

• Kala Din

• Khalistani

• Khareed Farokht

• Khoon see Kheti

• Lie

• Lollipop

• Mislead

• Nautanki

• Nikamma

• Pitthu

• Samvedanheen

• Sexual Harassment

• Shakuni

• Snoopgate

• Taanashah

• Taanashahi

• Untrue

• Vinash Purush

• Vishwasghat

The compilation also includes references to phrases that, in addition to those forbidden in some Commonwealth Parliaments in 2020, were deemed unparliamentary in the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, and state legislatures of India in 2021.

Additionally, it notes that certain keywords might not seem unparliamentary unless they are read in context with the other terms used during legislative sessions.