Amid Row Over ‘Unparliamentary’ Word List, Speaker Om Birla Says ‘No Words Banned…’

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday clarified that “no words have been banned” amid an Opposition furore over a list of “unparliamentary” words issued ahead of the Monsoon session beginning July 18. Birla said no words have been expunged that were used in the Parliament only by the Opposition.

“Earlier a book of such unparliamentary words used to be released… to avoid wastage of papers, we have put it on the Internet. No words…