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Claim: An auto driver was thrashed for voting for the BJP in the recently held assembly elections in Karnataka (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-16)
Evidence (2023-12-09): BHOPAL: A Muslim woman was thrashed by relatives brutally for voting for the party of her preference in the recently concluded elections. The incident took place in Barkheda Hasan village in Sehore district and the victim was identified as Samina. According to reports, it was Samina’s brother-in-law Javed Khan who unleashed the attack on Samina, for her liking towards the BJP. While responding to the media, Samina said she was tortured by her in-laws with slaps and punches just for voting for BJP. Samina said she voted for BJP after getting benefitted from Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s vanity project ‘Ladli Behna Yojana‘, which promises a monthly stipend of Rs 1,250 to eligible women. This has also been touted as the one single project that helped the BJP win the anti-incumbency wave in MP. [...] On December 4, Javed Khan reached her residence and started abusing her which later morphed into physical assaults. Samina justified that she voted according to her conscience, but was thrashed by Javed and his wife.
Claim: An auto driver was thrashed for voting for the BJP in the recently held assembly elections in Karnataka (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-16)
Evidence (2023-05-17): A viral video circulating on social media claims that an auto driver and his auto in Karnataka were physically attacked for voting for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the recent assembly elections in the state. In this fact-check article, we will examine the authenticity of this claim. [...] Fact: The auto driver in question is Harish Rao Gorpade, and the incident occurred in Shimoga. Initial news reports on this incident suggested that a group of strangers attacked Harish for voting for the BJP. However, Harish later clarified to the media that his friends had actually damaged his auto after a confrontation at a bar. He explicitly stated that he never claimed to have been thrashed for voting for the BJP. Therefore, the claim made in the viral post is False. [...] As the Mangalorean reported, he stated that he never claimed to have been beaten for voting for the BJP. Instead, he explained that he and his three Muslim friends had gone to a bar together, and during a fight among the friends, the auto’s top and glass were broken. Harish Rao went to the SP office to complain about the incident, which had no political motive. Harish Rao stated that his friend, Aamir, claimed the attack was politically motivated, and he distanced himself from that statement. Other news reports on the clarification given by Harish here, here and here.
Claim: An auto driver was thrashed for voting for the BJP in the recently held assembly elections in Karnataka (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-16)
Evidence (2019-06-01): The Congress hailed its victory in local body elections in Karnataka saying it was glad that people changed their mind soon after the Lok Sabha elections, but raised the issue of efficacy of EVMs Congress won the highest number of seats in civic polls in Karnataka, in some good news for the beleaguered party which was routed in the state in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections. The Congress said it was glad that people changed their mind soon after the Lok Sabha elections, but raised the issue of efficacy of EVMs. [...] The results of the civic body elections, which were held on Wednesday, gave a much-needed breather to the ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition in the state where it was battered by the BJP, which won 25 of the 28 Lok Sabha seats. The Congress and the JD(S) had managed to win one seat each, indicating that neither arithmetic nor chemistry had worked for the two as its local leadership failed to reconcile at the ground level during the national elections.
Claim: An auto driver was thrashed for voting for the BJP in the recently held assembly elections in Karnataka (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-16)
Evidence (2024-05-22): "Appealing to the poor among the Muslims has helped the BJP in regional elections. It helped them in the state elections in Gujarat and Karnataka where their vote share among Muslims went up," Sandeep Shastri, the national coordinator of the Lokniti Network, a research programme at the New Delhi-based Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, told Al Jazeera.
Claim: An auto driver was thrashed for voting for the BJP in the recently held assembly elections in Karnataka (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-16)
Evidence (2018-06-01): The Karnataka elections was a national spectacle, at least in the English media. But, realistically, why should a voter in say, West Bengal or Bihar care about state elections in Karnataka? For one, all elections have now been ‘nationalised’, due to the inordinate amount of time that Prime Minister Modi spends on elections and campaigns. Second, all elections, even bye elections, are now being perceived as a harbinger for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Can performance in state elections portend performance in the subsequent national election? Empirical evidence shows that state elections can indeed be a good proxy of at least the trends for national elections, if not the actual levels of performance. [...] However, voter behaviour in state elections exhibit a strong overlap with voter behaviour in national elections. As we know, national elections are fought for Lok Sabha seats. Every Lok Sabha seat is an aggregation of a fixed number of state assembly constituencies. So, an analysis of recent performance in state elections should present an interesting insight into trends for the next national election in 2019. What does it foretell for the BJP? [...] According to this analysis, the BJP is losing Lok Sabha seats and at a rapid pace. After the recent Karnataka election, the BJP’s imputed tally of Lok Sabha seats is down to 233, from the 282 it won in 2014
Claim: An auto driver was thrashed for voting for the BJP in the recently held assembly elections in Karnataka (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-16)
Evidence (2021-12-20): The truck driver, who was found to be in an inebriated state, tried to escape from the spot but was arrested by the police. Investigation is on.
Claim: An auto driver was thrashed for voting for the BJP in the recently held assembly elections in Karnataka (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-16)
Evidence (2024-09-25): - ^ "Kamareddy Assembly | Assembly Elections". Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
Claim: An auto driver was thrashed for voting for the BJP in the recently held assembly elections in Karnataka (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-16)
Evidence (2023-09-14): The second and final pre-poll survey conducted by leading Kannada news channel Suvarna News 24x7 and Jan Ki Baat has predicted that ruling BJP will emerge as the single largest party in the May 10 Karnataka assembly elections. [...] In another development, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is canvassing votes for the BJP in Karnataka, said that former Karnataka chief minister Jagdish Shettar, who recently defected from BJP to Congress, will lose the election in the upcoming state Assembly polls. [...] 27 March: In what is being increasingly viewed as a politically astute manoeuvring ahead of the upcoming Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government last week abolished religion-based reservations by scrapping 4 per cent reservation given to Muslims in Karnataka under 2B of Other Backward Classes (OBC) category.
Claim: An auto driver was thrashed for voting for the BJP in the recently held assembly elections in Karnataka (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-16)
Evidence (2020-04-10): Since the Modi administration first took office, BJP leaders have repeatedly made Hindu nationalist and anti-Muslim remarks in their speeches and interviews. These have, at times, encouraged and even incited violent attacks by party supporters who believe they have political protection and approval. They have beaten Muslim men for dating Hindu women. Mobs affiliated to the BJP have, since 2015, killed and injured scores of members of religious minorities amid rumors that they traded or killed cows for beef. In February 2019, BJP supporters threatened and beat several Kashmiri Muslim students and traders, apparently to avenge a militant attack on a security forces convoy. [...] The BJP government and its supporters have targeted protesters for arbitrary arrest and violence in states governed by the BJP. At least 30 people have been killed during protests, all in three BJP-governed states: 23 in Uttar Pradesh, 5 in Assam, and 2 in Karnataka. The vast majority of those killed and injured have been Muslims. Several police officers have been injured.[157]
Claim: An auto driver was thrashed for voting for the BJP in the recently held assembly elections in Karnataka (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-16)
Evidence (2023-04-27): "If the Congress comes to power, dynastic politics will be at an all-time high and Karnataka will be afflicted with riots," the Home Minister had said. [...] "Wantonly making provocative statements, promoting enmity, hatred, and ill-will between different groups and classes, making deliberate and knowingly false statements, threatening electors to vote in favor of BJP, and maligning the principal opposition party, ie the Indian National Congress," reads the complaint filed by Congress. [...] "Never ever has Karnataka seen such things before! It is a disrespect to Kannadigas. Does it mean we are rioters? How can he say like this, being the Union Home Minister? We will question this and register a complaint with the Election Commission and with the court," Mr. Kharge said.
Claim: The payment of wages (amendment) act 2017 is empowering workers (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2018-05-26): The BJP government published an infographic on the 48-months portal that makes three claims about ensuring labour welfare. This article is a fact check of the claims.
Claim: The payment of wages (amendment) act 2017 is empowering workers (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-01-01): 19. [Power to recover from employer in certain cases.] Rep. by the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 1964 (53 of 1964), s.17 (w.e.f.1st February, 1965). [...] In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of s. 26 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (4 of 1936), read with s. 22 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), the Governor-General-in-Council is pleased to make the following rules, the same having been previously published as required by sub-section (5) of s. 26 of the first named Act, namely:- 1. Short title.-[(1)] These rules may be called the Payment of Wages (Procedure) Rules, 1937. [...] Payment of Wages Act] or a person permitted by the authority/authorised to act under sub-section (2) of section 15].. applicant.
Claim: The payment of wages (amendment) act 2017 is empowering workers (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2016-12-28): Payment of Wages by cheque or crediting to bank accounts [...] The present wage limit for applicability of the provisions of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 is Rs. 18,000/- per month. The Act has been amended by Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2017 (effective from 28.12.2016) to enable the employers to pay wages to their employees by (a) cash or (b) cheque or (c) crediting to their bank account. The amendment in the Act also enables the appropriate Government to specify the industrial or other establishment, by notification in the Official Gazette, which shall pay to every person employed in such industrial or other establishment, the wages only by cheque or by crediting in his bank account.
Claim: The payment of wages (amendment) act 2017 is empowering workers (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2017-09-07): The wage limit for payment of wages act increased to 24000 Rs from 18000 Rs i.e this act applicable to employees whose monthly salary is less than 24000 Rs or equal to 24000 Rs. Earlier the ceiling wages limit under payment of wages act is 18000 Rs. As per this latest payment of wages act amendment 2017 now more number of employees will be covered under this act. [...] ↓ Download Payment Of Wages Act Amendment 2017 Notification. So as per this latest payment of wages act amendment 2017 the new wage limit under payment of wages act is 24000 Rs.
Claim: The payment of wages (amendment) act 2017 is empowering workers (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2017-02-03): The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill, 2017 - The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill, 2017 was introduced in Lok Sabha on February 3, 2017 by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Mr. Bandaru Dattatreya. The Bill amends the Payment of Wages Act, 1936. - The Bill replaces the Payment of Wages Ordinance, 2016 which was promulgated on December 28, 2016. [...] - The Bill amends the 1936 Act to permit the employer to pay an employee’s wages: (i) in coin or currency notes; or (ii) by cheque; or (iii) by crediting them into his bank account. The Bill removes the requirement of obtaining written authorisation for payment of wages by cheque or through a bank account.
Claim: The payment of wages (amendment) act 2017 is empowering workers (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Labour - The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill, 2017 was introduced in Lok Sabha on February 3, 2017 by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Mr. Bandaru Dattatreya. The Bill amends the Payment of Wages Act, 1936. - The Bill replaces the Payment of Wages Ordinance, 2016 which was promulgated on December 28, 2016. [...] - The Bill amends the 1936 Act to permit the employer to pay an employee’s wages: (i) in coin or currency notes; or (ii) by cheque; or (iii) by crediting them into his bank account. The Bill removes the requirement of obtaining written authorisation for payment of wages by cheque or through a bank account.
Claim: The payment of wages (amendment) act 2017 is empowering workers (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2017-10-10): The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2017 has been passed on 15th Feb, 2017, with retrospective effect (w.e.f. 28th day of December, 2016.) by repealing Payment of Wages (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016. The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016 was passed on 28th December, 2016, which contains same provisions which are given in this amendment act, 2017. Please find the copy of Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2017 enclosed herewith. [...] In the recent change in Payment of Wages act was that, wages shall be paid either thru cheque or crediting into employee bank according by the employer. However as mentioned by few friends that wages has been revised to 18000/- per month. Is there any gazette notification please share.
Claim: The payment of wages (amendment) act 2017 is empowering workers (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2017-02-08): New Delhi: Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Payment of Wages Amendment Bill 2017 which allows employers to pay wages in non-cash mode without formal approval from workers, a day after the Lok Sabha passed it. [...] Under the Payment of Wages Act 1936, employers can use cheque or bank transfers to pay wages only with a written authorization from the employee. The amendment bill, once it becomes an Act, will allow employers to pay in cash, cheque or credit the amount directly to a bank account, even without a worker’s approval. [...] Once the bill becomes law, it will also repeal the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Ordinance 2016, which was promulgated on 28 December to effect cashless transactions as several industries like textiles and apparel had said their production had taken a hit due to cash crunch in the country. The ordinance, and now the bill, follow the demonetisation of Rs500 and Rs1,000 banknotes on 8 November.
Claim: The payment of wages (amendment) act 2017 is empowering workers (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2017-02-22): The Central government has notified the amendment under section 6 of The Payment of Wages Act, 2017, with provision that "the appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify the industrial or other establishment, the employer of which shall pay to every person employed in such industrial or other establishment, the wages only by cheque or by crediting the wages in his bank account.". [...] 1. (1) This Act may be called the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2017. [...] According to amended provisions under Payment of wages Act 2017,and also as laid down under ID Act(Central) as well as under Min. wages Act, wages payment , modes etc everything falls entirely in the ambit of State Govt.and State govt. has been bestowed authority and power through a well organized machinery to administer , execute plan of payments and interfere in matters related to dues payment .
Claim: The payment of wages (amendment) act 2017 is empowering workers (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2017-02-20): An Act further to amend the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 1. (1) This Act may be called the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2017. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 28th day of December, 2016. [...] 3. (1) The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016 is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of the said Act, as amended by this Act.
Claim: The payment of wages (amendment) act 2017 is empowering workers (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2017-04-26): The Payment of Wages Act, 1936 has been amended by Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2017 (effective from 28.12.2016) to enable the employers to pay wages to their employees by (a) cash or (b) cheque or (c) crediting to their bank account. The amendment in the Act also enables the appropriate Government to specify the industrial or other establishment, by notification in the Official Gazette, which shall pay to every person employed in such industrial or other establishment, the wages only by cheque or by crediting in his bank account.
Claim: The payment of wages (amendment) act 2017 is empowering workers (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-01-01): - Payment of wages (Amendment) Bill, 2017 received President assent on 15th February, 2017 and replaced the Payment of Wages Ordinance, 2016 which was promulgated on December 28, 2016. - Section 6 has been amended to permit the employer to pay an employee wages: [...] Section 6 of Payment of wages (Amendment) Act, 2017 reads as under:-
Claim: The payment of wages (amendment) act 2017 is empowering workers (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2021-09-30): This subtitle may be cited as the "Public Charter At-Risk and Limited English Proficient Payment Amendment Act of 2016". [...] SUBTITLE I. PROGRAM ON WORK, EMPLOYMENT, AND RESPONSIBILITY (POWER) AMENDMENT [...] This subtitle may be cited as the "Supporting Normalcy, Empowering Foster Children, and Encouraging Placement with Siblings Amendment Act of 2016".
Claim: The payment of wages (amendment) act 2017 is empowering workers (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-07-04): The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, (16 Feb 2017) (No.1 of 2017) The Payment of Wages (AMENDMENT) Act, (5 Sep 2005) The Payment of Wages Rules, 1937
Claim: The payment of wages (amendment) act 2017 is empowering workers (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-01-01): The Government has also consulted the ILO on a continuous basis for obtaining relevant technical assistance. It may be noted that the abovementioned Codes have not been adopted yet and are at the consultation stage only. The Government is also continuously engaged in amending important legislations with a view to making labour legislations attuned to the emerging requirements. Tripartite consultations constitute an integral component in formulating the relevant amendments. Some of the major amendments undertaken by the Government during the period 2015–17 with tripartite consultation concerned the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016, the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017, the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2017 and the Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015. None of the legislation adopted has had any impact on the labour inspection system, or on the principles enshrined in Convention No. 81. The current national laws comply with the principles of Convention No. 81 and there is no intention on the part of the Government to move away from them. India has been taking, and would welcome in the future, technical assistance from the ILO in the legislative reform process.
Claim: The payment of wages (amendment) act 2017 is empowering workers (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2022-12-07): Illinois Workers’ Rights Amendment sets new bar for state worker power policy: Other state legislatures should seize the moment to advance worker, racial, and gender justice in 2023 On election day, Illinois voters approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing all workers organizing and collective bargaining rights, setting a new high bar for state labor policy at a moment when policymakers should prioritize empowering workers to address historic levels of income inequality and unequal power in our economy. [...] State worker power policies that guarantee workers’ collective bargaining rights should be considered top priorities for legislators because they are fundamentally linked to economic and labor market outcomes. Workers in states with stronger collective bargaining rights and higher union density tend to have higher wages than their counterparts in states with weak public-sector bargaining rights or RTW restrictions on private-sector bargaining. Proponents of the Workers’ Rights Amendment pointed out that Illinois workers earn higher wages on average and are also 5% more likely to have health insurance coverage and 32% less likely to die on the job than counterparts in states that constrain collective bargaining rights. Moreover, unions reduce income inequality across the economy, counteract racial and gender labor market inequities, and reduce public-sector pay gaps.
Claim: The payment of wages (amendment) act 2017 is empowering workers (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2022-02-18): The overarching legal framework for women’s empowerment dates to the Gender Equality Act in 1976, which outlawed gender discrimination at work and at school. This was followed by the enshrinement of equal rights of men and women in the Constitution in 1995. The Icelandic government has focused intensively on labor law, particularly in the area of equal pay.70 Although Iceland adopted the Equal Pay Act in 1961, pay equity did not become a reality until the government’s adoption of the Equal Pay Standard in 2018. Under this standard, companies are required to adopt wage management systems that transparently establish job criteria and wages for clearly defined positions, without regard to the gender of the person in the position. Companies must obtain certification from third-party auditors to prove that they are in compliance with the standard and renew it every three years. If an employer does not get certified, it faces financial penalty. In establishing this standard, Iceland has "put teeth" into its equal pay legislation.
Claim: The payment of wages (amendment) act 2017 is empowering workers (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2019-01-21): The third claim is that ‘the payment of wages (amendment) act 2017 is empowering workers’. The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill, 2016 was introduced in Lok Sabha in December. This bill amends the Payment of Wages Act, 1936. The Bill amends the 1936 act to permit the employer to pay an employee’s wages in the following ways. [...] Fact: The act only removes the requirement of obtaining written authorization from the employee for payment of wages by cheque or through a bank account. However, there is no evidence or data to suggest that the act has empowered workers. Hence, the claim is MISLEADING.