{"id":308397,"date":"2025-12-15T17:36:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T12:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=308397"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:49:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:19:51","slug":"mahua-moitra-caught-smoking-in-parliament-she-was-not-even-in-delhi-on-dec-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/mahua-moitra-caught-smoking-in-parliament-she-was-not-even-in-delhi-on-dec-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahua Moitra caught smoking in Parliament? She was not even in Delhi on Dec 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a video went viral showing BJP MP Anurag Thakur complaining to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla about an MP from the Trinamool Congress smoking e-cigarettes inside the Parliament, several Right-wing social media users and influencers claimed that the TMC MP in question was Mahua Moitra, who represents the Krishnanagar constituency in West Bengal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thakur, the readers should note, did not mention the name of the MP against whom he was making the complaint.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pro-BJP influencer Shashank Singh, who runs the X account, Facts (<\/span>@BefittingFacts<\/span>), shared the video clip claiming that TMC MP Mahua Moitra was smoking an e-cigarette inside the Parliament. (Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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TMC MP Mahua Moitra smoking e-cigarette inside Parliament.
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\u2014 Facts (@BefittingFacts) December 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Another X account, Subham (<\/span>@su<\/span>bhsays<\/span>), shared the same video clip alleging that TMC MP Mohua Moitra was \u201ccaught red-handed while smoking an e-cigarette\u201d. (Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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The post was later deleted but not before it garnered approximately 100,000 views.<\/span><\/p>\n

Far-right account Voice of Hindus (<\/span>@Warlock_Shubh<\/span>), too, claimed that Mahua Moitra had been caught red-handed in the Parliament while smoking e-cigarettes. (Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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The post amassed approximately 500,000 views.<\/span><\/p>\n

Digital Media outlet The Tatva\u00a0(@thetatvaindia) also made the same claim. (Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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WATCH | TMC MP Mahua Moitra seen vaping inside Parliament despite government ban on e-cigarettes. pic.twitter.com\/A32j30v89a<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Tatva (@thetatvaindia) December 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Right-wing propaganda website The Jaipur Dialogues published an article<\/a> containing these X posts. The headline says, \u201cWas Mahua Moitra puffing an e-cigarette in Parliament?\u201d The article doesn\u2019t provide an answer to the question, though. It describes Moitra as “Rolex Kumari”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Several other social media users made similar claims while either sharing the video clip of Thakur from the Parliament, or by sharing Moitra\u2019s old picture while smoking a cigarette.<\/span><\/p>\n