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Article 208 (1) of the Indian Constitution empowers each House of the Legislature of a State to make rules for regulating its Procedure and conduct of its Business. In pursuance of the said article, the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh, immediately after the formation of the State of Andhra Pradesh, has framed its own Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business.

Words containing insinuations, and offensive and unparliamentary expressions should be carefully avoided by all when addressing the Chair.

When the speaker holds that a particular word or expression is unparliamentary, it should be immediately withdrawn by the member who has used it, without trying to raise any debate over it.

Unparliamentary Expressions

Members are informed that a publication titled “Unparliamentary Expressions‟ (2009) is available on sale at Loksabha Secretariat. (Price: Rs.1700/-)

SOME UNPARLIAMENTARY EXPRESSIONS WHICH ARE IN THE BOOK

Bad words deemed ‘unparliamentary’ include:

■ ‘Ringmaster’

■ Communist

■ ‘Animal’

■ ‘Scumbag’

■ ‘Sh*t’ or the ever-popular ‘bucket of sh*t’

■ ‘Badmashi’

■ ‘Bad’ (as in bad man)

■ ‘Bandicoot’ (fair enough too)

■ cannot refer to female MPs as ‘beloved’ or ‘darling’

■ ‘double-minded’ having ‘double-standards’ or engaging in ‘double-talk’

■ ‘rat’ or ‘dirty little rat’

Some such words are:

"black mailers", "blackmarketeers", "buffoons", "bullies", "cheats", "goondas", "monkeys", "monsters", "scoundrels", or  "rogues" to describe members; "imbecile" or "irresponsible" to describe the House or a section thereof, "rubbish", "rotten lie", “tissue of lies", "insincere", "ridiculous" or "nonsense", to describe a speech of a member.

(Kind courtesy of Shri Pattabhi garu, Advocate by profession)