Several social media users have shared a post claiming that Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s daughter did not take any examination or appear for an interview, and yet cleared Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Examination in her first attempt.
The post reads: लोकसभा स्पीकर श्री ओम बिरला जी बेटी बिना परीक्षा के अंजली IAS बनी बधाई हो
लोकसभा स्पीकर ओम बिरला की बेटी अंजली बिरला पहले ही प्रयास में बनीं IAS (वो भी बिना परीक्षा दिए)
90 seat जो बैकडोर इंट्री के लिये रखा गया था रुझान आने लगा है, देश के सबसे विश्वसनीय UPSC EXAM में बैक डोर इंर्टी ने देश के कठिन परिश्रम करने वाले प्रतियोगी छात्रों, गरीबों एवं ग्रामीण लोगों के बच्चों के लिए यूपीएससी का प्रवेश द्वार बंद करने की तैयारी की शुरुआत हो चुकी है अब आप सिर्फ अपने बच्चों को नौकर बनाने के लिए तैयार रहिए, अधिकारी नहीं… (English translation: Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla ji’s daughter Anjali became IAS without exam. Congratulations! Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s daughter Anjali Birla became IAS in the first attempt (that too without giving exam). Ninety seats which were kept for backdoor entry, the trend has started coming, back-door entry in the country’s most reliable UPSC EXAM has taken the initiative to close the entrance of UPSC for the country’s hard-working competitive students, children of poor and rural people. Preparation has started, now you just be ready to make your children servants, not officers…)
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post, and found it to be false.
Several media platforms have carried this news about Anjali Birla clearing the UPSC exam in her first attempt. The Times of India report below, dated January 5, 2021, states that Anjali cleared the UPSC exam.
We also found a similar Live Mint report on the same.
However, checking the UPSC website, we found a ‘Consolidated Reserve List‘ that the Commission released recently, recommending 89 candidates, including 73 from general category, 14 from OBC category, 01 from EWS category and 01 from SC quota, to fill up the remaining posts based on Civil Services Examination, 2019.
We checked the list and found Anjali Birla’s name on 67th spot with roll number 0851876.
UPSC has also released a communique on the misleading information that is being shared on social media.
It says that along with the list of recommended candidates of the Main result, the Commission also maintains a consolidated Reserve List of candidates of general and reserved categories ranking below the last recommended candidate in the merit order under each of the categories for subsequent recommendation after concluding the exercise of service allocation of the recommended candidates of the Main result by the Government {Sub-rule 16(4) of the Gazette Notification of Civil Services Examination, 2019}.
Note: A candidate has to take a preliminary examination, then appear for a written mains examination (after clearing preliminary) and finally undergo a personal interview to clear the UPSC exam.
We found the same roll number (0851876) in the UPSC Main Examination 2019 Result list, which means she did take the 2019 mains examination after clearing the preliminary examination.
Hence, we can say that claims being made on social media about Anjali Birla clearing the UPSC exam without taking any exam or interview is false.
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