MP Assembly publishes booklet for MLAs on avoiding unparliamentary language; 'Pappu' among list of words
The Hindu
The Assembly released this 38-page booklet, which lists out a number of unparliamentary words, phrases and sentences - mostly in Hindi.
Henceforth, when an MLA stands up in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly to talk on anything, he or she can easily refer to a booklet, which mentions words, phrases or sentences that are best avoided during the proceedings of the House as such utterances can get expunged. On the evening of the four-day long monsoon session, the state Assembly on August 8, released this 38-page booklet, which lists out a number of unparliamentary words, phrases and sentences - mostly in Hindi. The collection carries a total of 1,161 words and sentences that were expunged from the records of the Vidhan Sabha since 1954. As per the list, the members are not supposed to use terms like “Pappu” and “Mr Bantadhar”. BJP supporters are known to use the term "Pappu" to ridicule Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, while “Mr Bantadhar” (spoilsport) is a term used by them for veteran Congressman and Rajya Sabha member Digvijaya Singh.
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