Congress says Rajnath Singh lied in Lok Sabha on Op Sindoor, seeks privilege motion
The Congress has attacked Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's remarks in Parliament on Operation Sindoor, with senior leader KC Venugopal seeking privilege proceedings against him for
The Congress has attacked Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's remarks in Parliament on Operation Sindoor, with senior leader KC Venugopal seeking privilege proceedings against him for allegedly misleading the Lok Sabha about six Indian soldiers who died in action. The Centre has rejected the charge, saying Singh's remarks were selectively quoted and presented without context. On Tuesday, Venugopal accused Singh of telling a "straightforward, clear-cut lie" during the Lok Sabha debate on Operation Sindoor last year. He also alleged that information on the six soldiers who died in action was not properly shared with the public.
Read Full Story In a post on X, Venugopal asked, "How could he, in July 2025, say that no Indian soldier was martyred, and then a year later the forces announce that we have lost six jawans?" He said this was an insult to the families of the martyrs and to the armed forces, and added that the soldiers had made the ultimate sacrifice while serving the country. "They died in service of our nation, while defending it against our enemies, and the so-called nationalist Government simply lied about their martyrdom," he went on.
Venugopal also said it is a well-established parliamentary norm that if a minister misleads the House or withholds information, it amounts to a breach of privilege and contempt of the House. He said that on this basis, he had written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, asking that privilege proceedings be started against the Defence Minister. A Privilege Motion may be sought when a member alleges that another member or a minister has breached parliamentary privilege. The notice is submitted to the Presiding Officer, who decides whether to admit it. Allegedly providing false or misleading information to the House is one of the grounds on which such a motion may be sought.
The Centre, however, rejected what it called "misleading social media claims" that Singh had said no Indian soldier was killed during Operation Sindoor. According to the Ministry of Defence, Singh's remarks in Parliament were specifically meant to counter a widely circulated false narrative at the time that Indian Air Force pilots had been killed during Operation Sindoor. The ministry said his statement had been selectively quoted and stripped of context. Ends
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