{"id":107844,"date":"2021-11-30T15:03:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T09:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=107844"},"modified":"2021-12-01T17:25:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T11:55:14","slug":"fact-check-does-this-photo-show-uptet-aspirants-sleeping-on-roadside-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-does-this-photo-show-uptet-aspirants-sleeping-on-roadside-at-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact-check: Does this photo show UPTET aspirants sleeping on roadside at night?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Uttar Pradesh Teachers Eligibility Test (UPTET) was cancelled after a question paper for the examination was leaked. The exam was scheduled to be held on Sunday. Against this backdrop, a photo of students sleeping on a roadside has been shared. It has been claimed that UPTET aspirants slept in the open on a cold night to take the exam but it was cancelled the next day.<\/p>\n<p>The image was shared on Facebook page &#8216;\u092e\u0941\u0932\u093e\u092f\u092e \u092a\u0941\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0905\u0916\u093f\u0932\u0947\u0936&#8217; and Facebook groups &#8216;\u092c\u0947\u0938\u093f\u0915 \u0936\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e \u0916\u092c\u0930 \u0909\u0924\u094d\u0924\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0947\u0936 : PRIMARY KA MASTER: Basic Shiksha Parishad&#8217; and &#8216;SSC Exam&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-107844 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-does-this-photo-show-uptet-aspirants-sleeping-on-roadside-at-night\/d6847dca-c843-4123-afae-5406a32657a6\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"723\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-19_06_01-12f0ff0a-1cc9-4c20-8847-fa778a7bc160.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-19_06_01-12f0ff0a-1cc9-4c20-8847-fa778a7bc160.jpg 671w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-19_06_01-12f0ff0a-1cc9-4c20-8847-fa778a7bc160-270x300.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-does-this-photo-show-uptet-aspirants-sleeping-on-roadside-at-night\/2021-11-29-19_05_36-00e458a8-a909-4374-a50b-c39c851a5d0b\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-19_05_36-00e458a8-a909-4374-a50b-c39c851a5d0b.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-19_05_36-00e458a8-a909-4374-a50b-c39c851a5d0b.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-19_05_36-00e458a8-a909-4374-a50b-c39c851a5d0b-266x300.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It is also circulating on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-107870 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/4156ff82-1eb4-4aba-8f98-38fc5edce0e2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/4156ff82-1eb4-4aba-8f98-38fc5edce0e2.png 659w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/4156ff82-1eb4-4aba-8f98-38fc5edce0e2-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>State President of Rajasthan Unemployment Unified Federation Upen Yadav had tweeted a video of the incident while tagging Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0926\u0930\u094d\u0926\u0928\u093e\u0915 \u0930\u093e\u0924 &#8230;..\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d<br \/>\n\u0915\u0908 \u092f\u0941\u0935\u093e \u0938\u093e\u0925\u0940 \u092c\u0940\u092e\u093e\u0930 \u0939\u094b \u0917\u090f \u0939\u0948\u0902 l<br \/>\n\u0930\u093e\u091c\u094d\u092f \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u094b \u0938\u0926\u094d\u092c\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0927\u093f \u0926\u0947 \u092d\u0917\u0935\u093e\u0928 \ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RajCMO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RajCMO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ashokgehlot51?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ashokgehlot51<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/priyankagandhi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@priyankagandhi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RahulGandhi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RahulGandhi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INCUttarPradesh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@INCUttarPradesh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RajGovOfficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RajGovOfficial<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_lokeshsharma?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@_lokeshsharma<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INCIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@INCIndia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INCRajasthan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@INCRajasthan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovindDotasra?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovindDotasra<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dgurjarofficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dgurjarofficial<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zGVWh0WLUL\">pic.twitter.com\/zGVWh0WLUL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Upen Yadav (@TheUpenYadav) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheUpenYadav\/status\/1464771036591767557?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He had also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheUpenYadav\/status\/1465171656540704770\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared newspaper clippings<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheUpenYadav\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of them<\/a> showed the same people sitting on the roadside, not sleeping. This is a Dainik Bhaskar report according to which, unemployed men and women from Rajasthan have been protesting for the past 46 days. On Saturday, the youth spent the night in the cold in Lucknow to protest outside Congress headquarters.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-107848 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/FFVV1vZVkAY82Qe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"823\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/FFVV1vZVkAY82Qe.jpg 823w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/FFVV1vZVkAY82Qe-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/FFVV1vZVkAY82Qe-768x759.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 823px) 100vw, 823px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to a report in <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/unemployed-youth-rajasthan-protest-congress-office-lucknow-priyanka-gandhi-7647345\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Indian Express<\/a> published on November 29, &#8220;The demands of the protesters include appointments in several government jobs for which recruitment exams have already been conducted, increase in the number of vacancies for state government jobs and formulation of a non-bailable law against those who leak question papers in competitive examinations,&#8221; said the report.<\/p>\n<p>UP police fact-check also pointed out the truth.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0935\u093e\u092f\u0930\u0932 \u092b\u093c\u094b\u091f\u094b UPTET \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u092d\u094d\u092f\u0930\u094d\u0925\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0948 \u0905\u092a\u093f\u0924\u0941 \u0930\u093e\u091c\u0938\u094d\u0925\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u092f\u0941\u0935\u0915\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0964 UPTET \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0930\u0940\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0925\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0947 \u090f\u0921\u092e\u093f\u091f \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0921 \u0915\u0947 \u0906\u0927\u093e\u0930 \u092a\u0930 \u0938\u0941\u0935\u093f\u0927\u093e\u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0935\u0915 \u092f\u0942\u092a\u0940\u090f\u0938\u0906\u0930\u091f\u0940\u0938\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u092c\u0938\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u0918\u0930 \u092d\u0947\u091c\u093e \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0914\u0930 \u092f\u0939 \u092a\u0930\u0940\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e \u0930\u093e\u091c\u0915\u0940\u092f \u0935\u094d\u092f\u092f \u092a\u0930 \u092a\u0941\u0928\u0903 \u090f\u0915 \u092e\u093e\u0939 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0906\u092f\u094b\u091c\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u0930\u093e\u092f\u0940 \u091c\u093e\u092f\u0947\u0917\u0940\u0964 \u0915\u0943\u092a\u092f\u093e \u092d\u094d\u0930\u093e\u092e\u0915 \u0916\u092c\u0930 \u0928\u093e \u092b\u0948\u0932\u093e\u090f\u0901\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p4e94Uicyq\">pic.twitter.com\/p4e94Uicyq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UPPOLICE FACT CHECK (@UPPViralCheck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UPPViralCheck\/status\/1464913589970423808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thus, an image of youth from Rajasthan staging a protest in Lucknow against unemployment has been falsely shared as UP. It must be noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benarasiyaa\/status\/1464859786688835588?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1464859786688835588%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fscroll.in%2Fvideo%2F1011599%2Fwatch-candidates-in-bulandshahr-up-protest-after-uptet-exam-was-cancelled-following-paper-leak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">youth in UP protested<\/a> against the cancellation of the TET exam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Uttar Pradesh Teachers Eligibility Test (UPTET) was cancelled after a question paper for the examination was leaked. The exam was scheduled to be held on Sunday. Against this backdrop, a photo of students sleeping on a roadside has been shared. 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