Thakur Files Written Complaint Against TMC MP For Smoking E-Cigarette In House
The MP in his complaint said the MP “was seen openly using an electronic cigarette while seated in the House during the sittings": Reports
NEW DELHI: BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Friday lodged a written complaint with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, demanding action against a TMC lawmaker for allegedly smoking an e-cigarette inside the House.
Thakur had on Thursday had also raised the issue in Lok Sabha without naming the TMC MP.
Birla had said in Lok Sabha on Thursday that if a written complaint is lodged on the matter, he will take action.
The MP in his complaint said the MP “was seen openly using an electronic cigarette while seated in the House during the sittings."
He said that the act was "clearly visible" to several members present in the House. Thakur said the "open use" of a banned substance and a prohibited device inside the 'sanctum sanctorum' of Indian democracy, the Lok Sabha chamber, constitutes not only a blatant violation of parliamentary decorum and discipline but also a cognisable offence under the laws enacted by the House.
