BJP Files Complaint Against Trinamool Leader For Using E-Cigarette In Lok Sabha

In this breaking update, BJP MP Anurag Thakur has lodged a formal complaint with the Lok Sabha Speaker, accusing a Trinamool Congress MP of "openly vaping" during Question Hour. Thakur calls it a serious breach of parliamentary conduct and a direct violation of Indian law, pointing to the 2019 Electronic Cigarettes Ban Act, which criminalises both possession and use of e-cigarettes. The report notes that the rules are unambiguous. Smoking and vaping have been prohibited across the Parliament complex since 2008 under COTPA, and the Secretariat has repeatedly reminded members through official circulars.