BHUBANESWAR: A Congress MLA was allegedly filmed watching porn clips on his mobile phone inside the state assembly on Monday.

A local TV channel, which was broadcasting the proceedings, shot law maker Naba Kishore Das, who represents Jharsuguda assembly segment, watching the objectionable content during question hour. Das said he had opened the youtube accidentally.

Defending him to be innocent, Das said he had to use a different mobile phone on Monday because battery of the one phone frequently used was low. "While trying to open my own (social media) page, I accidentally touched the youtube. Unwittingly I scrolled down when the TV camera shot me," Das told reporters while showing the two handsets.

Das said he would submit petition before the speaker explaining the sequence of events. I never watch porn. What happened is unfortunate. If an inquiry is conducted, I will come clean," said the second-time MLA. Das said facts were being misrepresented, which could be part of a conspiracy against him. He, however, said he can't raise a needle of suspicion at anyone at this stage. "I am unnecessarily being defamed," he said.

Das' party colleagues said they were yet to ascertain facts. "I don't know the details. But I saw Das explaining that he did not watch porn," said Congress MLA Bhujabal Majhi.

The incident, re-run of a similar episode inside Karnataka assembly in 2012, in which two ministers were filmed watching porn, has created furore in the political circle in the state. Pramila Mallik, a BJD MLA, took up the matter with speaker Niranjan Pujari demanding action against Das. "Such perversion inside the temple of democracy can't be tolerated. It is shameful. I have requested the speaker to order an immediate inquiry and take action against the erring MLA," Mallik told TOI.