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FACTLYPolitics & government

Visuals of the first parliamentary session at the newly inaugurated Indian Parliament, showing the participation of all members from 19 opposition parties that boycotted the inaugural ceremony

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns footage presented as the first parliamentary session in India’s newly inaugurated Parliament building, supposedly showing members of opposition parties that had boycotted the inauguration attending. FACTLY’s investigation says the video instead shows the building’s inauguration ceremony on 28 May 2023, not a parliamentary session. Its account also says approximately 20 opposition parties boycotted that ceremony; therefore the footage does not establish the claimed attendance at a session. To check the video’s setting, the review reports searching relevant keywords and finding a similar video livestreamed by Doordarshan National on YouTube on 28 May. FACTLY says that the matching visuals show the inauguration ceremony. This identifies the event depicted in the clip and contradicts its description as footage from a parliamentary sitting. The session chronology further conflicts with the post’s framing. FACTLY reports that the 2023 Budget Session took place in the old Parliament building and adjourned on 6 April, while the Monsoon Session was scheduled to begin in July in the new building. As a result, the inauguration footage predates the first session planned for that building; it cannot show opposition members participating in that later session.

Fact Crescendo Sri LankaPolitics & government

මෙරට අමෙරිකානු තානාපති ජුලී චන්ග් මහත්මිය පැවිදි දිවියට ඇතුළත් වීමට සෙනෙට් සභාවේ අනුමැතිය ඉල්ලුව ද?

Publisher’s rating: False

The claim concerned social-media posts saying that U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung had asked the U.S. Senate for permission to enter the Buddhist nuns’ order. The review says the posts presented the claim alongside a photograph and that some readers appeared to accept it as true. Its investigation looked for reporting about the alleged request and for an announcement from the U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka. The review reports that it found no such report in Sri Lankan or foreign media, and no such embassy announcement. These checks address whether the alleged request was publicly reported or officially announced; the excerpt does not describe a direct inquiry to Chung or the Senate. The review also examined the photograph used with the post through a reverse-image search. It identified the image as showing Chung taking part in Buddhist rituals at Gangaramaya Temple for Poson Poya, rather than as evidence that she sought to become a nun. The review connects the image to a post on Chung’s official Twitter account, where she described participating in the temple rituals to mark Poson Poya. Taken together, the reported checks undermine the post’s implication: the image documents participation in a religious observance, while the review found no supporting media report or embassy statement for the alleged Senate request.