Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Anurag Thakur on Thursday accused an unnamed opposition leader from Trinamool Congress of smoking an e-cigarette in the Lok Sabha, with Speaker Om Birla assuring action.

During Question Hour, while asking a supplementary, Thakur wondered whether e-cigarettes are allowed in the House.

"E-cigarettes are banned across the country… yet you have allowed them in the House? Trinamool MPs have been sitting and smoking them for several days... e-cigarettes are being smoked in the House. Please investigate this immediately," Thakur said.

When Birla replied in the negative, the BJP MP from Himachal Pradesh said a Trinamool Congress leader has been "constantly smoking e-cigarettes in the House for the past several days".

The accusation prompted other BJP MPs

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