India, Dec. 12 -- There remains suspense on which Trinamool Congress leader was his target when BJP MP Anurag Thakur accused "a TMC MP" of smoking an e-cigarette inside the Lok Sabha on Thursday, but senior TMC Saugata Roy sought to blow the whole row away after he was seen smoking a cigarette outside the Parliament building later.

Asked to clear the air on Friday, Saugata Roy highlighting instead the air pollution in the national capital. "There is nothing in this so-called accusation," he told reporters. "Smoking cigarettes inside the House is forbidden. There is no restriction on smoking cigarettes outside the House in this open area," he insisted.

"The BJP, which makes such accusations, is in government when pollution is highest in ...