The Uttar Pradesh Assembly has banned the consumption of pan masala and gutka inside its premises with immediate effect. The decision was taken by Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana after a legislator was ...

Speaker Satish Mahana on Wednesday imposed an immediate ban on the consumption of pan masala and gutka within the Vidhan Sabha premises.

A video of him supervising the cleaning, alongside minister of state for employment and Labour Mannu Kori and MLAs Ajay Singh (Karnailganj) and Dhirendra Singh (Jewar), surfaced and went viral.

A day after an MLA was caught on camera spitting pan masala on the carpet of the UP assembly during the proceedings of the budget session, Uttar Pradesh Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana on Wednesday ...