copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: The Winter Session of Parliament postponed in 2011 during UPA rule (Arun Jaitley, 2017-11-20)
Evidence (2023-12-30): After the suspension of numerous Members of Parliament in the recently concluded Winter Session, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi slammed the Opposition parties for disrupting proceedings.
Claim: The Winter Session of Parliament postponed in 2011 during UPA rule (Arun Jaitley, 2017-11-20)
Evidence (2024-02-08): The White paper quoted the UPA government’s finance minister in a 2011 speech as saying, "India, unlike most other economies, was not seriously affected by the financial turmoil of 2008 in the developed world…."
Claim: The Winter Session of Parliament postponed in 2011 during UPA rule (Arun Jaitley, 2017-11-20)
Evidence (2012-12-20): For the first time in two years, the winter session of Parliament showed the UPA government's success in getting key economic reforms bill approved in Parliament. Chetan Chauhan and Saubhadra Chatterji report. For the first time in two years the winter session of Parliament showed the UPA government's success in getting key economic reforms bill approved in Parliament and also showcased its willingness to take the Opposition on board on important legislative matters. [...] An unusual inertia had hit the UPA-2 government after a series of scams rocked it and there was a feeling that leadership was not willing to take any political risks. The winter session taking place after a major Cabinet reshuffle has shown a reversal in trend with the government willing to talk with the Opposition on reform bills.
Claim: The Winter Session of Parliament postponed in 2011 during UPA rule (Arun Jaitley, 2017-11-20)
Evidence (2012-05-16): The first nine days of the Winter Session of Parliament were completely lost due to repeated disruption of the House and adjournments. The disruptions were in line with those in the previous sessions of the 15th Lok Sabha and there seems to be a secular decline in the time Parliament has been giving to the work it should be doing.
Claim: The Winter Session of Parliament postponed in 2011 during UPA rule (Arun Jaitley, 2017-11-20)
Evidence (2024-10-06): Presidents [edit]Vice presidents [edit]List of prime ministers [edit]Candidates in elections [edit]Lok Sabha general elections [edit]Electoral performance [edit]Controversies [edit]The winter session of parliament in October 2008 came under intense criticism from the Left parties and the BJP to demand a full-fledged winter session instead of what was seen as the UPA to having "scuttled the voice of Parliament" by bringing down the sittings to a record low of 30 days in the year. The tensions between the UPA and the opposition parties became evident at an all-party meeting convened by Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee when the leader of opposition, L. K. Advani questioned the status, timing and schedule of the current session of parliament.[27]
Claim: The Winter Session of Parliament postponed in 2011 during UPA rule (Arun Jaitley, 2017-11-20)
Evidence (2011-12-30): <p>Though not a washout as compared to last year, the winter session of parliament (Nov 22-Dec 29) proved to be an embarrassment for the United Progressive Alliance government in more ways than one. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Starting with the fiasco over decision to allow foreign equity in multi-brand retail, stalled by ally Trinamool Congress, the charge of "running away" in parliament Dec 29 from vote on the contentious Lokpal bill, coupled with the failure to get constitutional status for the anti-graft ombudsman in the Lok Sabha Dec 27, the session had many moments of discomfiture for the government.<br /><br />The idea of constitutional status to Lokpal was floated by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. When a bill to amend the constitution for that purpose was put to vote in the Lok Sabha, around a dozen Congress members were not present in the house. <br /><br />Earlier, the FDI decision, pulled out of their hats by the UPA managers, did deflect the opposition's attention from demanding voting on debates over black money and price rise issues, but it united the house against the Congress.
Claim: The Winter Session of Parliament postponed in 2011 during UPA rule (Arun Jaitley, 2017-11-20)
Evidence (2012-05-16): Even as the Rajya Sabha was inconclusively debating the Lokpal bill till late hours in the night, the Lok Sabha was adjourned on Thursday. And in a vain attempt to overcome their acute discomfiture, the Congress went on an overdrive to put the entire onus of the failed winter session of Parliament on the opposition, particularly the BJP. The ploy is an overused one and is unlikely to fool anyone. For the principal reason for the government’s inability to push through most of the legislative business it had planned for the session was the failure of its floor managers to manage the members of the Congress party and its allies themselves. That nearly two dozen Congress MPs were missing during the vote on the bill according constitutional status to the Lokpal highlights their ineptitude. [...] Till the last day, the truncated winter session of Parliament provided many examples of the price the government had to pay for this arrogance. It had to put the Cabinet decision on opening Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail sector on hold due to opposition from the UPA constituents and not the Opposition. And many of its proposed legislations, including the one on Lokpal, ran into rough weather because the Congress did not take its UPA allies on board.
Claim: The Winter Session of Parliament postponed in 2011 during UPA rule (Arun Jaitley, 2017-11-20)
Evidence (2017-11-21): <p class="bodytext">The government will call the Winter Session of Parliament in December and its dates will be announced soon, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said on Tuesday while citing precedents during the UPA rule to reject the Congress' allegations of "delay".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kumar said the opposition party is suffering from "selective amnesia" as during the Congress-led UPA rule, Winter Sessions were held in December 2008 and December 2013.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Usually, care is taken not to overlap the Parliament session with Assembly elections.
Claim: The Winter Session of Parliament postponed in 2011 during UPA rule (Arun Jaitley, 2017-11-20)
Evidence (2019-03-07): As mentioned earlier, the UPA-II government faced the most opposition in the house in the history of India’s parliament. Scams related to financial irregularities in the Commonwealth Games, coal block distribution and 2G spectrum sale; inflation; and the Lokpal Bill (to create an anti-corruption ombudsman) were the top reasons. The most unproductive Lok Sabha session during the UPA-II government’s tenure was also the budget session (February-March 2013). Of the 163 hours available, 146 were lost to issues related to "Price hike in petrol, Plight of Tamils in Sri Lanka, Terrorist attack in Srinagar, Killing of Tamil fishermen by Srilankan (sic) Navy, Interference in the functioning of the CBI. Coalgate Scam, Incursion by Chinese in Ladakh, Bribery for promotion in Railway Board, Law and order situation in UP", Lok Sabha records said. Delays and adjournments in all the 14 sessions of the previous Lok Sabha during the UPA-II government cost the exchequer an estimated Rs 199.9 crore, ($28 million) an earlier IndiaSpend analysis from 2013 had shown. About 800 hours were lost to disruptions and forced adjournments. Rs 200 crore was the amount allocated to the Ministry of Personnel that year to improve training facilities for bureaucrats.
Claim: The Winter Session of Parliament postponed in 2011 during UPA rule (Arun Jaitley, 2017-11-20)
Evidence (2024-10-09): In response to a letter from the Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury seeking a short session of Parliament to discuss the new farm laws, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi has said that some opposition parties "have expressed concerns about the ongoing pandemic and opined of doing away with winter session". [...] Over the years, governments have shuffled around the dates of sessions to accommodate political and legislative exigencies. In 2017, the Winter Session was delayed on account of the Gujarat Assembly elections. In 2011, political parties agreed to cut short the Budget Session so they could campaign for Vidhan Sabha elections in five states. [...] Sessions have been stretched — in 2008, the two-day Monsoon Session (in which a no-confidence motion was moved against the UPA-I government over the India-US nuclear deal) was extended until December. The ostensible reason was to prevent the moving of another no-confidence motion. It meant that there were only two sessions that year.
Claim: The Winter Session of Parliament postponed in 2011 during UPA rule (Arun Jaitley, 2017-11-20)
Evidence (2014-02-05): The UPA government faced a major embarrassment on the first day of the extended winter session of Parliament on Wednesday as a united Opposition forced the government to defer the Communal Violence Bill in the Rajya Sabha.
Claim: The Winter Session of Parliament postponed in 2011 during UPA rule (Arun Jaitley, 2017-11-20)
Evidence (2013-10-18): "Accusing ruling Congress of "not being serious" in curtailing corruption, JD(U) on Tuesday said the Opposition will corner the government on coal block issue in winter session of Parliament beginning from 21 November," yet another PTI report said "Hitting out against the irregularities in coal block allocations, RTI activist EAS Samra blamed politician-corporate nexus for the corrupt practices and suggested the idea of ‘competitive bidding’ to bring transparency in all sectors," Zee News reported.
Claim: The Winter Session of Parliament postponed in 2011 during UPA rule (Arun Jaitley, 2017-11-20)
Evidence (2011-11-26): P. Chidambaram It's a cold winter session for Home Minister P. Chidambaram. Neither a fervent plea by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh nor a hectic bout of backroom diplomacy by UPA's chief strategist Pranab Mukherjee could deter the NDA decision to boycott the home minister in Parliament.A day before the session began on November 22, Mukherjee invited BJP President Nitin Gadkari for lunch at his home. On the menu was Chinese food and rosogullas. This was the first time the two were meeting for a one-on-one. Mukherjee says he had invited Gadkari to discuss the Goods and Services Tax Bill. But the talk soon veered to other key legislations such as the Pension Reforms Bill, the Lokpal Bill and the Land Acquisition Act.Gadkari responded by saying that while he welcomed such a dialogue between the Government and the Opposition, the attitude of the former had not been very positive. He cited the vindictive targeting of BJP MPs involved in the cash-for-votes scam as an example. Gadkari said he enjoyed both the rosogullas and the diplomatic gesture. "A good beginning has been made.
Claim: The Winter Session of Parliament postponed in 2011 during UPA rule (Arun Jaitley, 2017-11-20)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Parliament sessions are usually held thrice a year: once in February for the Budget Session, once around July or August for the Monsoon Session, and once in November for the Winter Session. This year, the government is yet to announce the dates for the Winter Session. While there has bee... [...] There are indications that the Lok Pal Bill, 2011 is likely to be taken up for consideration and passing during the current Winter session of Parliament. The Bill was introduced on Aug 4, 2011 in the Lok Sabha after a prolonged agitation led by Anna Hazare (see PRS analysis of the Bill). ... [...] In the recently concluded Winter Session of Parliament, nine Bills were introduced. Of the Bills introduced, 4 bills have been referred to the relevant Standing Committee for examining the Bill. The Standing Committees have been given three months to scrutinize the bills, hold consultations and pres...
Claim: The Winter Session of Parliament postponed in 2011 during UPA rule (Arun Jaitley, 2017-11-20)
Evidence (2018-03-25): HT looks back at the winter session of 2010 when Parliament was held hostage to protests and recorded its worst performance in close to two decades. The second half of the budget session looks headed for a complete washout as protests by many non-NDA parties have not let a single day of peaceful proceedings. HT looks back at the winter session of 2010 when Parliament was held hostage to protests and recorded its worst performance in close to two decades. [...] This stand, however, just lasted for two months, as in the 2011 budget session, the government agreed to form a JPC to avoid washout of another session. The Supreme Court cancelled the allotted spectrum and licenses allocated and the CBI framed cases against leaders like former telecom minister A Raja and his party colleague Kanimozhi.
Claim: The Winter Session of Parliament postponed in 2011 during UPA rule (Arun Jaitley, 2017-11-20)
Evidence (2024-09-12): Although 22 new bills were planned to be introduced, 23 pending bills passed and three bills withdrawn, Parliament functioned for only nine hours.[248] On 22 February 2011, after resisting opposition demands for over three months, the government announced that it would form a JPC.[249] The JPC criticised the CBI for its leniency to the PM, the Attorney General, Dayanidhi Maran and Chidambaram and its reluctance to investigate their roles on 24 July 2012.[250] After questioning former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi and the head of Maxis Communications, the CBI alleged that the Maran brothers accrued an illegal ₹ 5.50 billion by the sale of Sun Direct TV shares at highly "inflated prices".[251] [...] - ^ "UPA govt moves SC to restrain Swamy". Hindustan Times. 14 November 2011. Archived from the original on 18 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
Claim: Congress Party is celebrating after China blocked India’s bid to designate Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist in the UN Security Council. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-14)
Evidence (2019-03-14): Pictures in the post are old images which correspond to the Congress party‘s celebrations after its victory on different occasions. Hence the claim mentioned in the post is FALSE.
Claim: Congress Party is celebrating after China blocked India’s bid to designate Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist in the UN Security Council. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-14)
Evidence (2019-03-14): India’s efforts to have Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed’s (JeM) chief Masood Azhar designated as a global terrorist were once again stymied by China , on Wednesday, at the United Nations Security Council. [...] The proposal was the fourth bid at the UN in the past 10 years to list Azhar as a global terrorist. All eyes were on China, which has earlier vetoed these proposals. This time, it invoked a "technical hold" on the motion. [...] NDTV has accessed this note informing members of the UN Security Council Committee of China’s hold on the proposal to list Jaish chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist . Sources say China has given no reasons for this hold pic.twitter.com/ll3xFNuJsP — Nidhi Razdan (@Nidhi) March 14, 2019
Claim: Congress Party is celebrating after China blocked India’s bid to designate Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist in the UN Security Council. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-14)
Evidence (2019-03-14): Pakistan's Masood Azhar: China blocks bid to call militant terrorist China has blocked a bid to designate the leader of the group behind an attack which brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war a terrorist. [...] Sources have told newswires there is a strong case for designating Masood Azhar as a terrorist and have hinted that they may pursue "other avenues" if China continued to stand in the way.
Claim: Congress Party is celebrating after China blocked India’s bid to designate Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist in the UN Security Council. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-14)
Evidence (2019-03-14): Pakistan's Masood Azhar: China blocks bid to call militant terrorist - Published China has blocked a bid to designate the leader of the group behind an attack which brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war a terrorist. [...] Sources have told newswires there is a strong case for designating Masood Azhar as a terrorist and have hinted that they may pursue "other avenues" if China continued to stand in the way.
Claim: Congress Party is celebrating after China blocked India’s bid to designate Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist in the UN Security Council. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-14)
Evidence (2019-03-14): New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday attacked the BJP government after China blocked a bid at the UN to designate Pakistan-based terror group JeM chief Masood Azhar as a "global terrorist", saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi's foreign policy has been a series of "diplomatic disasters". [...] In yet another setback to India's bid to designate the Jaish-e-Mohammed's chief as a global terrorist, China on Wednesday put a technical hold on the proposal in the UN Security Council to ban him following the Pulwama terror attack. [...] "China blocking Masood Azhar's designation as a global terrorist reaffirms Chinese position of being an inseparable ally of terrorism's breeding ground -- Pakistan," he tweeted.
Claim: Congress Party is celebrating after China blocked India’s bid to designate Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist in the UN Security Council. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-14)
Evidence (2022-08-12): China this week thwarted a joint bid launched by India and the United States to place Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) deputy chief Abdul Rauf Azhar as a UN Security Council (UNSC) designated terrorist. [...] - 2016: After seven years, India proposes listing of Masood Azhar as a global terrorist and is supported by the US, the UK and France. China blocks the move again. [...] - June 2022: China blocked a proposal by India and the US to list Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki as a ‘Global Terrorist’ - August 2022: China blocks India-US joint proposal to list Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) deputy chief Abdul Rauf Azhar as UNSC designated terrorist.
Claim: Congress Party is celebrating after China blocked India’s bid to designate Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist in the UN Security Council. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-14)
Evidence (2016-10-02): China blocks India’s move to ban Jaish chief Masood Azhar, again China said on Saturday its technical hold on India’s move to get Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar designated as a terrorist by the United Nations has "been extended", days before the expiry of the hold. Ties between India and China are set to take a hit after Beijing on Saturday said it has extended the decision to block New Delhi’s appeal to the United Nations to label Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar a terrorist.
Claim: Congress Party is celebrating after China blocked India’s bid to designate Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist in the UN Security Council. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-14)
Evidence (2019-03-14): India ‘disappointed’ after China shields Masood Azhar at UNSC for 4th time China on Thursday blocked a fresh move to designate Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist at the UN Security Council, allowing a major bilateral irritant with India to fester. [...] The latest move to designate Azhar a global terrorist was made by France with the backing of the US and Britain in the wake of the Pulwama suicide bombing that was claimed by JeM and killed 40 troops.
Claim: Congress Party is celebrating after China blocked India’s bid to designate Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist in the UN Security Council. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-14)
Evidence (2022-10-19): It is learnt that China, an all-weather ally of Pakistan, placed a hold on the proposal by India and the US to designate Mahmood, 42, as a global terrorist under the 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council. [...] Earlier also, China, an all-weather friend of Islamabad, has placed holds and blocks on bids by India and its allies to list Pakistan-based terrorists. In May 2019, India had won a huge diplomatic win at the UN when the global body designated Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a "global terrorist", a decade after New Delhi had first approached the world body on the issue. A veto-wielding permanent member of the UN Security Council, China was the sole hold-out in the 15-nation body on the bid to blacklist Azhar, blocking attempts by placing a "technical hold".
Claim: Congress Party is celebrating after China blocked India’s bid to designate Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist in the UN Security Council. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-14)
Evidence (2019-03-15): The war of words erupted after China once again put a ‘hold’ on a proposal to designate Masood Azhar as a global terrorist. The proposal was moved by France, the UK and the US, days after a suicide bomber of JeM killed nearly 40 CRPF personnel in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama. [...] China, a veto-wielding permanent member of the Security Council, has blocked India's bid for the fourth time in the last 10 years. [...] The Congress on its official Twitter handle said, "With China having blocked our bid to designate Masood Azhar a global terrorist, the question on every Indian’s mind is, what was the use of all the swinging with Modi and President Xi."
Claim: Congress Party is celebrating after China blocked India’s bid to designate Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist in the UN Security Council. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-14)
Evidence (2019-03-14): China, for the fourth time, blocked an initiative to tag Jaish-e Mohammad chief Masood Azhar as a "global terrorist" by the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday. The move by Beijing - which considers Pakistan an "all-weather ally" - came as the Security Council was to take up a resolution on the matter, days after the February 14 Jaish attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama in which 40 soldiers died. The resolution, say sources, was backed by an unprecedented number of countries -- the figure, sources said, went into "double digits". India said it was "disappointed by this outcome". [...] China's objection, made on technical grounds, came an hour before the deadline, after which the resolution to tag him a "global terrorist" would have been considered adopted by the UN Security Council. In a note sent to the Council, China said it needed more time to examine the sanctions request on Masood Azhar, diplomats said. The proposal to designate Masood Azhar under the 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council was moved by France, UK and the US on February 27. Germany became a co-sponsor to the proposal later on Wednesday.
Claim: Congress Party is celebrating after China blocked India’s bid to designate Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist in the UN Security Council. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-14)
Evidence (2019-05-02): In a move that is being hailed as a diplomatic victory for India, the United Nations on Wednesday listed Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar as an international terrorist. The victory was achieved with China’s support. [...] India asked for the UN to designate Azhar a terrorist following the Mumbai attack. But China, acting on behalf of Pakistan, used its veto in the UN Security Council to block the move. [...] Azhar’s blacklisting is indeed a victory for Indian diplomacy and an indicator of changing global currents. But by itself the designation carries little weight. In the past, the UN has listed Hafiz Saeed, Abdur Rahman and Zaki Ur Rahman Lakhvi of the Lashkar-e-Taiba and the mafia boss Dawood Ibrahim as terrorists. That has barely helped India curb their activities.