Britain's longest serving Indian-origin MP Keith Vaz embroiled in sex scandal

Vaz allegedly paid for sex with two male prostitutes and offered to pay for a class A or banned drug.

Source: ITN

Britain's longest serving Indian-origin MP Keith Vaz may step down from his position as Chair of the influential House of Commons Home Affairs Committee after a newspaper in UK claimed he had paid for male prostitutes.

Born to Indian parents, the Labour MP from Leicester since 1987, Vaz has been Britain’s longest serving Indian-origin MP and one of the most popular faces in the community.

Married and father of two, the newspaper claimed that Vaz paid for men to visit him one evening last month at a flat he owns in London.

The 59-year-old Goan-origin MP has said in a statement, "I am genuinely sorry for the hurt and distress that has been caused by my actions, in particular to my wife and children.”

BBC reported that Mr Vaz will tell the Home Affairs Committee his plans first on Tuesday.

"I will of course inform committee members first of my plans when we meet on Tuesday. My decision has been based entirely on what is in the best interests of the committee," he was quoted saying.

Grab from a video published by UK Newspaper. Source: Mirror Grab

'We need to get this party started'

Vaz allegedly paid for sex with two male prostitutes and offered to pay for a class A or banned drug, according to the newspaper report, which is accompanied by a video.

It is alleged the MP had two meetings with Eastern European-origin escorts, including a 90-minute meeting on 27 August.

One text, reportedly sent by Vaz, said the men should arrive at "11 pm, nice and late".

He is said to have added, "I want a good time please".

Vaz is accused of asking the young men to bring poppers to the flat, as well as allegedly joking about being a "pimp".

As the talk ranged from sex to pets, Vaz eventually said, "We need to get this party started".

He also spoke about having had unprotected sex.