Ranchi: A video shared on social media purportedly showing Jharkhand Health Minister Banna Gupta engaging in an "obscene" video chat with a woman has gone viral. The video, originally shared by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey shows the Minister lying down wearing a vest while having the obscene chat with the woman on the video call. The video had the two speaking about the genitals.
Sharing the video clip on Twitter, the BJP MP wrote, "This is the character of @INCIndia, this is the Jharkhand Health Minister Banna Gupta. Playing with the dignity of women, Congress worker Sushil Sharma burning his wife in oven. I wish Gandhi family could understand this. If this incident is found true then Congress should drown itself in shame."
The Jharkhand Health Minister termed the video 'fake' and part of a conspiracy to defame him. He also added that he has lodged an FIR into the incident. "In order to tarnish my image on social media, some prominent political opponents, under a well-thought-out conspiracy, have deliberately made a fake and edited video viral. It is clearly visible in the video that it is photoshopped. This was done through an editing app," the Minister tweeted.
"Things will be clear after a police investigation. Legal action will be taken against all those people who have tried to implicate me through this fake and edited video," he added. The Congress is part of the ruling coalition led by Jharkhand Mukti Morcha in the state.
Speaking to ETV Bharat, Congress State General Secretary Rakesh Singh said that the video clip needs to be investigated first. The opposition has tried to defame Banna Gupta ever since he became a known face during the pandemic for his effective handling of covid situation in the state.
This is not the first time a lawmaker has been captured on obscene video. Earlier in March, Jadav Lal Nath, a BJP MLA from Tripura was caught watching porn during the Assembly session. Former Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi who recently switched over to the Congress from the BJP was caught watching porn in the state assembly in 2012 along with another minister, CC Patil.
