The usual political spats in Parliament literally took a serious turn on Tuesday when Trinamool Congress MP Mohammed Nadeem Ul Haq demanded a ban on spitting in public places.
During Question Hour Haq wanted to know from Health Minister JP Nadda whether the government proposed to include an anti-spitting day in the calendar to raise awareness on the issue.
Bollywood actor Anubhav Mohanty also joined in the demand for tough measures, while linking the entire problem with the consumption of tobacco.
Nominated member and senior SC lawyer KTS Tulsi expressed concern over the "great Indian spit" which he claimed was the cause of large number of tuberculosis cases being detected in India. "Spit-and-run should not be tolerated and offenders should be made to wield the broom and do a clean-up act," he said.
CPM MP CP Narayanan asked the Health Minister to take a leaf of his home-state Kerala. "There is empirical evidence to suggest that measures taken by the state government has helped check the spread of communicable diseases," he added.
Some of the MPs even wanted the anti-spitting drive be made part of the Swachch Bharat campaign.
Nadda in his reply assured the members that his ministry will heed their demands and suggestions. The government, he said, has issued an advisory and states like Goa, West Bengal and Kerala have already taken measures to curb the menace.
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