What happened
Congress general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal submitted a notice to move a privilege motion in the Lok Sabha against Union Minister Jitendra Singh.
The stated grievance is that Jitendra Singh told the Lok Sabha that “no firing took place” during student protests in Delhi.
Background and earlier position
In Indian parliamentary practice, a privilege motion is used when a Member alleges that parliamentary privilege or parliamentary standards may have been breached.
What changed now
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