Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad on Tuesday cautioned a Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker against using indecent language during parliamentary proceedings, stressing that Parliament should remain free from offensive and vulgar expressions.

While presiding over the budget discussion in the House, the Speaker intervened after Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (BJEI) lawmaker Md Abdus Sattar, elected from Nilphamari-1, used a colloquial expression containing a vulgar term while making a point through an analogy.

“Honourable Member, please exercise caution while speaking in Parliament. We do not want any indecent or vulgar words to be uttered in this House,” the Speaker said.

He further informed the House that certain objectionable expressions used by the MP had been expunged from the official parliamentary record.

During his speech, Abdus Sattar attempted to illustrate his argument by recounting a conversation between a sieve and a needle.

In the analogy, the needle points out a hole in the sieve, while the sieve responds by highlighting the many holes in the needle’s counterpart.

As the MP narrated the story, he used a crude Bengali term referring to a person's buttocks, prompting immediate intervention from the Speaker after finishing his speech.

After ordering the offensive words to be removed from the record, the Speaker reminded lawmakers to uphold the dignity and decorum of Parliament while participating in debates.

The incident occurred during the ongoing discussion on the national budget in the Jatiya Sangsad.