New Delhi: In the middle of heavy duty English and Hindi barbs from the treasury and Opposition benches in the Lok Sabha on Friday, the sound of Mathiakku added some lighter moments to the heated exchanges over the issue of demonetization.
CPM MP from Kerala A Sampath had decided to give voice to his protest against demonetization but in his mother tongue Malayalam.
'Mathiakku' in Malayalam means - stop it. Sampath was asking the Government to stop the inconvenience of demonetization.
What made it interesting was Bangla speaking MPs from TMC, Bhojpuri speaking MPs from RJD, Assamese speakers from Congress all joined in the slogan of 'Mathiakku' amidst laughter from treasury, Opposition and speaker too.
Sampath's exact slogan was "Aiyye Aiyye Manakkedu,
Ambambe Manakkedu
Mathiakku, Mathiakku
Olichottam itu Mathiakku "
He translated it for CNN-News18- are you not ashamed of yourself? Why are you running away from a discussion? Stop it.
Sampath said he did not want to lose the opportunity of highlighting the problems surrounding demonetization even though they were in his mother tongue.
"It is for the benefit of my constituency and so I decided to raise the slogan in Malayalam," Sampath said.
On the non Malayalam speaking MPs joining him Sampath said, " just as there is no barrier in music, a slogan that is lyrical and rhythmic can also be enjoyed by most human beings. I being from the south don't understand ghazal, yet I enjoy it. Similarly all MPs enjoyed my slogans and so joined in."
Sampath's regional turn soon inspired TMC to launch slogans in Bangla and BJP MPs and Ministers including Ram Vilas Paswan congratulated him.
The purpose of Sampath's slogan was solved when Speaker adjourned the house.
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