Venkaiah Naidu pulls up Jitendra Singh for using 'I beg to' to lay papers

Naidu said though the expression "I beg to..." was not unparliamentary, it would be "proper to Indianise it"

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday pulled up Union Minister Jitendra Singh for using the "colonial" expression of "I beg to" while laying official papers on the table of the House. When the House met for the day, Singh laid the papers concerning the Department of Space, saying that "I beg to lay papers listed against my name..." This led Naidu to say, "We have given up begging one year back. You are lagging". He said members can just say "I rise to present a report etc". They "need not beg", he said. Naidu said though the expression