Row over ‘unparliamentary’ words: Lok Sabha Speaker OM Birla says no words have been banned

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said no words have been banned from use in Parliament and members are free to express their views while maintaining the decorum of the House.

Birla’s comments came amid a controversy over publication of a booklet by the Lok Sabha Secretariat that listed words such as ‘ashamed’, ‘jumlajeevi’, ‘taanashah’, ‘abused’, ‘betrayed’, ‘corrupt’, ‘drama’, ‘hypocrisy’ and ‘incompetent’ as unparliamentary expressions.