Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed ruled in parliament that the term 'mobocracy' is a common expression and not unparliamentary, rejecting an opposition demand to expunge it from the record. The issue arose during Monday’s general discussion on the national budget when a ruling party MP used the word while criticizing opposition protests against the budget. The Speaker said the term was not obscene or inappropriate and could be used by any member.
The controversy began after BNP’s reserved seat MP Beethika Bintee Hossain described opposition demonstrations rejecting the budget as 'mobocracy'. Jamaat-e-Islami MP Rashedul Islam objected and requested the word be removed, which the Speaker denied. Opposition leader Shafiqul Rahman also argued that the term carried a negative meaning and should be expunged, but the Speaker reiterated his stance that it was a common political term.
The debate followed recent street protests in Dhaka after Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury presented the budget on June 11, with both ruling and opposition parties holding separate rallies in support or protest.
সংসদ রিপোর্টার প্রকাশ : ২২ জুন ২০২৬, ২০: ১০ বিরোধী দলের কর্মসূচিতে ‘মবোক্র্যাসি’ মন্তব্য করে সরকার দলের এমপির বক্তব্য এক্সপাঞ্জ করার দাবি তুলে স্পিকার হাফিজ উদ্দিন আহমদ তাতে সায় দেননি। বিরোধী দলকে উদ্দেশ করে স্পিকার বলেন, মবোক্রেসি এখন একটা কমন টার্ম
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