Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla clarifies guidelines for protests inside Parliament

After the Oppositions criticism over the guidelines to the MPs to refrain from the activities like dharnademonstration strikes and fasting inside the Parliament premises Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla clarified that it is a routine procedureSuch guidelines and appeals are issued before every session Therefore it should be seen as a normal and routine procedure Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said in a press conferenceThis clarification of the Lok Sabha Secretariat has come after several opposition leaders including Congress leader Jairam Ramesh raised questions regarding the guidelinesBirla also said that such guidelines have been issued even during the middle session This is a routine process issuing of guidelines that has been going on since 2009 There should be no politics in this I urge all political parties not to accuse democratic institutions without facts he said It is noteworthy that before the Monsoon session MPs have been instructed not to hold dharnas demonstrations strikes fasts or any religious events inside the Parliament premisesAlong with this the distribution of any kind of literature questionnaire pamphlet press note leaflet or any kind of printed matter and bringing any kind of placard into the premises without prior permission of the Speaker of Lok Sabha has also been prohibitedFollowing the oppositions criticism of the 50page compilation of words deemed unfit for use in Parliament released by the Lok Sabha secretariat Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said that no words have been bannedEarlier on Thursday amid the row over the questioning of the Lok Sabha secretariat by the Opposition over words listed as unparliamentary top sources in the Lower House said that such removal of words has been taking place since 1954 under various political dispensationsAmid the row over the questioning of the Lok Sabha secretariat by the Opposition over words listed as unparliamentary top sources in the Lower House on Thursday said that such removal of words has been taking place since 1954 under various political dispensationsEarlier several senior members of Parliament had criticized the report of the Lok Sabha Secretariat which had released a list of words that have been designated as unparliamentaryAny word spoken which is against the ethos of Parliament or disrespectful in nature and can compromise the dignity of the house The discretion lies with the chair to expunge them sources had saidSuch compilation has been made since 1954 under various political dispensations From time to time this has been brought out under various political dispensations sources had addedThe Lok Sabha Secretariat gave some examples of certain words that had been expunged earlierThe word dishonest was first expunged in a Rajya Sabha debate on August 17 2011 Similarly the word dishonesty was first expunged in the Lok Sabha debate on March 3 2011 sources had saidAs part of a Parliament record the word Shame was expunged on March 21 2012The word cheating was taken off the Parliament records as unparliamentary in the Rajya Sabha debate on March 20 2012The chair had expunged the words Chori and loot first time in the Lok Sabha debate on March 13 2012 and jhooth on April 27 2012 sources had saidThe words corrupt and corrupt man were expunged from the Parliament records on November 17 1966 in a Lok Sabha debateAyogya incompetent first expunged on November 17 1966 from Parliament records of a Lok Sabha debate sources had saidSimilarly plenty of such removals have taken place over the yearsReferring to the reaction of the Opposition the government sources had said this is a result of their bankrupt politics as the list is not a new suggestion but merely a compilation of words already expunged in Lok Sabha Rajya Sabha or state legislatures It also contains a list of words considered unparliamentary in parliaments of Commonwealth countriesIt is abused was considered unparliamentary in Australias House of Representatives Childishness was considered unparliamentary in Quebecs National Assembly Lollipops in the budget were expunged from Punjab Assembly You have reached where telling a lie was expunged from Punjab Assembly said the sourcesThe list comes just ahead of the monsoon session of Parliament that begins on July 18Usage of many words such as corruption corrupt Jumlajeevi tanashah Dictator black and Khalistani are among those that have been bannedSenior members of Parliament including Jairam Ramesh Derek OBrien and Randeep Surjewala Priyanka Chaturvedi had questioned the intent behind such a notificationDerek OBrien in a tweet had said Session begins in a few days Gag order issued on MPs Now we will not be allowed to use these basic words while delivering a speech in Parliament Ashamed Abused Betrayed Corrupt Hypocrisy Incompetent I will use all these words Suspend me Fighting for democracyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its 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