‘Minister lied’: KC Venugopal’s motion against Jitendra Singh for ‘no firing’ remark

3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jul 31, 2026 04:15 PM IST Congress leader KC Venugopal moved a privilege motion against Union Minister Jitendra Singh Friday over his remark that no firing took place when student-protesters marched on Parliament on July 20. In an X post Venugopal said the minister ‘blatantly lied on the floor of parliament’.“LoP Rahul Gandhi met a pellet gun victim in front of the media… there are countless meda reports documenting victims of such firing and hospital records have also emerged of victims suffering from injuries from such firing,” Venugopal said. “The government cannot get away with such obvious falsehoods in Parliament. There should be action against the minister.” Venugopal said the statement was made Wednesday at 3 pm, when Singh was replying to the discussion