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Discipline and discussion: On Jagdeep Dhankar directive to Privileges Committee

Parliament is the forum (मंच, जगह) where the government is answerable (जवाबदेह, जिम्मेदार) to the people

On Monday, Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar directed the Privileges Committee (विशेषाधिकार समिति), headed by Deputy Chairman and JD(U) Member of Parliament Harivansh, to investigate the “disorderly conduct (अव्यवस्थित आचरण)” by 12 Opposition Members of Parliament that had led to multiple adjournments (स्थगन, निलंबन) during the first leg of the Budget session. All through Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 85-minute address (formal speech), the Opposition kept raising slogans, which Sansad TV that does the live telecast of the proceedings (कार्यवाही, संचालन) blacked out (censor, cover up, hide, obscure, suppress, redact) — the camera did not pan towards the Opposition benches. Earlier, acting on (पर कार्रवाई) a complaint filed by a BJP Member of Parliament, Mr. Dhankhar suspended Congress Member of Parliament Rajani Patil for allegedly (कथित रूप से) recording the proceedings on her mobile phone. The Congress cried foul that due (proper, correct, suitable, appropriate) procedure had not been followed and that she had not been served a notice giving her a chance to explain her position. Mr. Dhankhar interjected the speech of Congress president and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge’s 88-minute speech during the Motion of Thanks (धन्यवाद-प्रस्ताव) to the President’s Address several times. The Opposition has protested the Chair’s (Chairman; the person in charge. The vice president of India (currently, Jagdeep Dhankhar) is the ex-officio chairman of the Rajya Sabha, who presides over its sessions) repeated direction (instruction, order, command, recommendation) to “authenticate (प्रमाणित करना, पुष्टि करना)” remarks made during speeches. Mr. Kharge has pointed out (इशारा करना, ध्यान दिलाना) that “it would be [an] inversion (reversal, contrary, reverse) of the system of government if the opposition members are expected to carry out (कार्यान्वित करना) complete investigation, gather evidence and then raise the matter on the floor (जमीन) of the House”.

Six portions of Mr. Kharge’s speech were expunged from the Rajya Sabha records, while Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha speech got 18 cuts. Parliament is the platform (forum, medium, channel, venue) where the Opposition has the responsibility to ask questions of the government, which the Council of Ministers (मंत्रिपरिषद) has the responsibility to answer. There are parliamentary rules and norms (standard, convention, regulation) that have evolved (develop, progress, advance) over time to achieve this objective (purpose, object, goal, aim). It will be a travesty (misrepresentation, distortion/perversion, poor imitation) of parliamentary democracy if the Opposition is penalised (punish, discipline, mete out punishment to) for seeking (request, ask for, appeal for) accountability (responsibility, liability, answerability) from the government, which in turn (in succession, successively, sequentially) is allowed to hide behind rules and obfuscate (confuse, complicate, make unclear) the issue. It is the government that is in custody (guardianship, charge, responsibility, protection) of all the information, over which queries are raised in Parliament. The authenticity (reliability, dependability, trustworthiness), or the lack (absence, unavailability, deficiency, shortage) of it, of any assumption that a Member of Parliament may express (communicate, articulate, voice, indicate, show, display, prove) in the House must be clarified by the government, which is its duty. It is a strange (weird, eccentric, odd, peculiar, funny, bizarre, unusual, abnormal) situation that the government has not responded to the serious allegations (charge, accusation, indictment) that it faces of protecting private business interests (common concerns (in politics/business)) at the cost (at the loss of) of public interest, while those who are raising the questions face suspension (exclusion, debarment, removal, elimination, rejection, expulsion, ejection) in the name of (for the sake of, at the behest of; on behalf of) discipline. Parliamentary discipline (strictness, regulation, authority) must ensure that discussions take place (happen, occur, transpire), and the government provides the answers.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.directive (noun)

Hindi Meaning - निर्देश, आदेश
English Meaning - instruction, order, notice, direction, guidance.

2.Privileges Committee (noun)

Hindi Meaning - विशेषाधिकार समिति
English Meaning - committee of privileges collectively and members of each House individually enjoy certain rights, privileges and immunities without which they cannot perform their functions efficiently and effectively. The object of parliamentary privilege is to safeguard the freedom, the authority and the dignity of Parliament.

3.forum (noun)

Hindi Meaning - मंच, जगह
English Meaning - place, avenue, medium, apparatus.

4.answerable (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - जवाबदेह, जिम्मेदार
English Meaning - responsible, accountable, liable.

5.disorderly conduct (noun)

Hindi Meaning - अव्यवस्थित आचरण
English Meaning - bad behaviour, misconduct, badness, disobedience, mischief, mischievousness, delinquency.

6.adjournment (noun)

Hindi Meaning - स्थगन, निलंबन
English Meaning - suspension, discontinuation, postponement, rescheduling.

7.proceeding (noun)

Hindi Meaning - कार्यवाही, संचालन
English Meaning - course of action, operation, process, procedure.

8.act on (phrasal verb)

Hindi Meaning - पर कार्रवाई
English Meaning - take action according to something.

9.allegedly (adverb)

Hindi Meaning - कथित रूप से
English Meaning - reportedly, supposedly, purportedly, ostensibly, apparently.

10.Motion of Thanks (noun)

Hindi Meaning - धन्यवाद-प्रस्ताव
English Meaning - A Motion of Thanks is moved in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha after the President’s address by an MP of the ruling party, following which it is debated in both the Houses. After the Opposition gives its opinion on the President’s speech, the Prime Minister gives his replies to the concerns raised by the former.

11.authenticate (verb)

Hindi Meaning - प्रमाणित करना, पुष्टि करना
English Meaning - confirm, validate, endorse.

12.point out (phrasal verb)

Hindi Meaning - इशारा करना, ध्यान दिलाना
English Meaning - identify, draw attention to, indicate, specify, mention.

13.carry out (phrasal verb)

Hindi Meaning - कार्यान्वित करना
English Meaning - conduct, perform, implement, execute, discharge, bring about.

14.floor (noun)

Hindi Meaning - जमीन
English Meaning - The Floor of the House refers to the main Chamber in each House. (A chamber is a large room, especially one that is used for formal meetings).

15.the Council of Ministers (noun)

Hindi Meaning - मंत्रिपरिषद
English Meaning - the supreme executive organ in a government. The term is usually equivalent to the word “cabinet”.

16.privilege (noun)

English Meaning - advantage, right, benefit, prerogative, entitlement.

17.direct (verb)

English Meaning - instruct, tell, order, command.

18.head (verb)

English Meaning - lead, be at the head of, be in charge of.

19.led past participle of lead to (verb)

English Meaning - result in, cause, bring on, bring about, give rise to.

20.leg (noun)

English Meaning - part, stage, phase.

21.address (noun)

English Meaning - formal speech.

22.Sansad Television (noun)

English Meaning - Sansad Television is the Parliamentary channel of India. It was created in 2021 by merging Lok Sabha Television and Rajya Sabha Television.

23.black out (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - censor, cover up, hide, obscure, suppress, redact.

24.pan (verb)

English Meaning - (of a camera) move, turn.

25.cry foul (phrase)

English Meaning - to protest against/complain about something done by someone is wrong (or) not fair.

26.due (adjective)

English Meaning - proper, correct, suitable, appropriate.

27.serve notice (phrase)

English Meaning - to give formal warning, to make known; to officially give a (legal) notice to.

28.interject (verb)

English Meaning - interrupt, intervene, break in, remark, comment.

29.Chair (noun)

English Meaning - Chairman; the person in charge. The vice president of India (currently, Jagdeep Dhankhar) is the ex-officio chairman of the Rajya Sabha, who presides over its sessions.

30.direction (noun)

English Meaning - instruction, order, command, recommendation.

31.inversion (noun)

English Meaning - reversal, contrary, reverse.

32.expunge (verb)

English Meaning - erase, remove, delete.

33.platform (noun)

English Meaning - forum, medium, channel, venue.

34.norm (noun)

English Meaning - standard, convention, regulation.

35.evolve (verb)

English Meaning - develop, progress, advance.

36.objective (noun)

English Meaning - purpose, object, goal, aim.

37.travesty (noun)

English Meaning - misrepresentation, distortion/perversion, poor imitation.

38.penalise (verb)

English Meaning - punish, discipline, mete out punishment to.

39.seek (verb)

English Meaning - request, ask for, appeal for.

40.accountability (noun)

English Meaning - responsibility, liability, answerability.

41.in turn (phrase)

English Meaning - in succession, successively, sequentially.

42.obfuscate (verb)

English Meaning - confuse, complicate, make unclear.

43.custody (noun)

English Meaning - guardianship, charge, responsibility, protection.

44.authenticity (noun)

English Meaning - reliability, dependability, trustworthiness.

45.lack (noun)

English Meaning - absence, unavailability, deficiency, shortage.

46.assumption (noun)

English Meaning - supposition, speculation, belief, thought, impression, proposition.

47.express (verb)

English Meaning - communicate, articulate, voice, indicate, show, display, prove.

48.strange (adjective)

English Meaning - weird, eccentric, odd, peculiar, funny, bizarre, unusual, abnormal.

49.allegation (noun)

English Meaning - charge, accusation, indictment.

50.interest (noun)

English Meaning - common concerns (in politics/business).

51.at the cost of (phrase)

English Meaning - at the loss of.

52.suspension (noun)

English Meaning - exclusion, debarment, removal, elimination, rejection, expulsion, ejection.

53.in the name of (phrase)

English Meaning - for the sake of, at the behest of; on behalf of.

54.discipline (noun)

English Meaning - strictness, regulation, authority.

55.take place (phrase)

English Meaning - happen, occur, transpire.