Gupta, who has lodged a police grievance on this connection, additionally accused Jamshedpur East MLA Saryu Roy of being behind the incident.

“I am ready for any probe. I have asked the police to take my mobile phone and that of the woman for any verification,” the minister, a Congress chief, informed a press convention on Wednesday.

Godda’s BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on April 23 shared a video clip on social media purportedly exhibiting Gupta engaged in an “obscene” cellphone dialog with a lady.

Roy in a collection of tweets demanded motion towards the minister, and requested the police to grab his cell phone.

PTI, nonetheless, couldn’t independently confirm the authenticity of the video.

During the press convention, Gupta confirmed Roy’s tweets and alleged that he was behind the entire fiasco.

“He has problems with all my development projects for the state, whether it is the cleaning of the Subarnarekha river, construction of the Jamshedpur bus stand or the flyovers. After failing to stop me, he adopted an unethical way to tarnish my image. But, I am not going to be scared,” Gupta mentioned.

Reacting to the accusations, Roy asserted that the allegations needs to be given in writing.

“Whatever allegations he (Gupta) is making, he should give them in writing. I will reply to all of them. A probe is underway on the video, let it be complete,” he mentioned.