The Samajwadi Party, on Saturday, released visuals of two Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs playing video games and chewing tobacco inside the UP Assembly.
One video that was shared on Twitter and Facebook shows BJP MLA from Mahoba, Rakesh Goswami, playing a mobile game. In another video, BJP's Jhansi MLA Ravi Sharma can be seen chewing tobacco during the just-concluded monsoon session of the UP Assembly.
Attacking BJP over the videos, the SP alleged that these MLAs were ruining the dignity of the assembly and turning it into an entertainment hub.
"The BJP MLAs tarnishing the dignity of the House. A BJP MLA from Mahoba is playing a mobile game in the House and another BJP MLA from Jhansi is consuming tobacco. These people do not have answers to public issues and consider the House as a place of entertainment. Highly condemnable and shameful," the SP tweeted.
The BJP has not officially responded to the videos yet.
The monsoon session of UP Assembly was adjourned sine die on Friday. SP, which is the main opposition party, walked out of the assembly session on its final day and staged a protest, alleging that the government had failed to discuss raging issues of inflation and unemployment in the House.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, who led the foot march, alleged that the government had failed to discuss inflation, unemployment, corruption and poor law and order due to the short duration of the monsoon session.
Rashtriya Lok Dal also staged a walkout following the SP.
However, BJP's Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Khanna said the opposition parties boycotted the assembly without any reason. He said by deciding to boycott the House, the SP leaders were pursuing their private agenda.
The five-day monsoon session of the UP legislature started on September 19 and concluded on September 23.