Hours after BJP MP Anurag Thakur complained in Lok Sabha that a TMC MP had been smoking E-Cigarettes for several days and Speaker Om Birla promised action in the matter over any such occurence, Union Minister Giriraj Singh said that smoking E-Cigarette is prohibited outside the House also and if an MP smokes it in the House, it hurts the dignity of the House.

Proceedings of Lok Sabha were briefly disrupted during Question Hour on Thursday after Anurag Thakur accused a Trinamool Congress MP of smoking e-cigarette in the House for several days.

Anurag Thakur said E-Cigarettes have been banned in the country and asked if they have been allowed in the House. The Speaker said that no such permission has been granted.

Amid uproar, Anurag Thakur sought probe in the matter, saying it is a serio

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