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Lately, INLD legislators in Haryana were boycotting the Parliamentary Affairs Minister Randeep Singh Surjewala. Every time, he tried to speak something they protested by placing their hands on their ears. Once when Surjewala started speaking, the legislators were late in usual response, he quipped, "Chalo kaan pakro, chalo murga bano." The protesting legislators were further enraged and accused the minister of using unparliamentary language. I feel there is nothing unparliamentary about it. Rather it was nice of the minister to add some fun to the proceedings. The agitating ministers didn’t appreciate that the word murga was being used for them. In fact, I feel that to minimise the present bird flu scare, every legislator should become a murga before they start proceedings in the House. The phrase ‘murga phas gaya’ should be put to use more frequently in the official language. Sadly, bird flu has changed the meaning of another proverb ‘Ghar ki murgi dal barabar’ since dal is costlier than chicken these days. |
A
child came home from school and complained, "Daddy, the teacher
punished me today. She asked me to hold my ears through my legs. She
made me a murga." The parent replied, "That’s very
naughty of her. Isn’t she aware of the bird flu?"