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State Joint Secretary of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Amitava_BJP\/status\/1276706522886574081\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BJP Bengal Amitava Chakravorty<\/a> was among those who tweeted the images on June 27, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-70018 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/download-53.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"594\" height=\"1121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/download-53.jpg 594w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/download-53-159x300.jpg 159w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/download-53-543x1024.jpg 543w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Arlan Malik, District Vice-President of BJP J&amp;K, also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arslan_4bjp\/status\/1276438026168569856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared<\/a> both pictures.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-70024 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/25db9b43-9619-40dc-a709-d9c4935bea3b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"1101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/25db9b43-9619-40dc-a709-d9c4935bea3b.jpg 587w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/25db9b43-9619-40dc-a709-d9c4935bea3b-160x300.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/25db9b43-9619-40dc-a709-d9c4935bea3b-546x1024.jpg 546w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the account of Facebook user Dewesh Kumar Choubey the images drew a whopping 28,000 shares. They garnered another 1,000 shares from the group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/305917699863621\/permalink\/992104274578290\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u0b86\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b85\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd Aathi Agathiar<\/a>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-70026 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/6e3f32da-9a59-4894-b7e9-b56fc204e934.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/6e3f32da-9a59-4894-b7e9-b56fc204e934.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/6e3f32da-9a59-4894-b7e9-b56fc204e934-173x300.jpg 173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The claim is also floating on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CB2C_kEJbdq\/?igshid=1sqb39zuzwq4z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Circulating since 2017<\/h4>\n<p>The same set of images has been doing the rounds on social media since 2017. From the Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/417846308604680\/photos\/a.418487061873938\/565376840518292\/?type=3&amp;refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ayupp.com%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indian Administrative service &#8211; IAS<\/a>, the post attracted over 94,000 shares.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-70030 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/download-54.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"539\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/download-54.jpg 539w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/download-54-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was shared by several users in 2017.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">IAS Topper 3rd Rank Revathi, got selected for I.A.S. She is being congratulated by her parents who are daily wagers <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G0UfOVijrP\">pic.twitter.com\/G0UfOVijrP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Suman Chopra (@sumankpt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sumankpt\/status\/882893613436293120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>BJP MP Sonal Mansingh had tweeted the image on July 7, 2017.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Karnataka&#8217;s Revathi got selected for IAS. Her parents are daily wagers. Determination to rise like the Lotus. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5Wv1FSnRzL\">pic.twitter.com\/5Wv1FSnRzL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sonal Mansingh (@sonal_mansingh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sonal_mansingh\/status\/883266421911724032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News went through the <a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/realtime\/FR_CSM_2016_Engl.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">complete list of candidates of the 2016 UPSC examination<\/a> (results declared in 2017) and found no candidate by the name Revathi who placed third. In fact, the candidate with the third rank was Gopalkrishna Ronanki.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-70044 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/4308acea-9ae4-4449-a5d6-5e85eab3078f.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"931\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/4308acea-9ae4-4449-a5d6-5e85eab3078f.png 931w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/4308acea-9ae4-4449-a5d6-5e85eab3078f-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/4308acea-9ae4-4449-a5d6-5e85eab3078f-768x504.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/4308acea-9ae4-4449-a5d6-5e85eab3078f-130x86.png 130w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/4308acea-9ae4-4449-a5d6-5e85eab3078f-187x124.png 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 931px) 100vw, 931px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Google reverse image search of the photographs led us to a Telugu website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.journalismpower.com\/latest-news\/krushi-tho-nasti-durbhiksham-all-the-best-revathi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">journalismpower.com<\/a> which had penned an article on Revathi on March 26, 2017. As per the article, Venkata Revathi hailed from a poor family in Avanigadda in Andhra Pradesh&#8217;s Krishna district. After completing her college, she appeared for AP police examination and was selected for the post of a sub-inspector (SI). The article carries another photograph of Revathi.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-70047 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Untitled-design-54.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Untitled-design-54.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Untitled-design-54-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Untitled-design-54-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Untitled-design-54-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Untitled-design-54-990x518.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News contacted Avanigadda police station and was redirected to SI Revathi who informed that she is not an IAS officer. Her full name is Mathi Venkata Revathi (28) and she hails from Modumudi village. She is currently posted at Disha police station in Rajahmundry City, East Godavari district. The sub-inspector also shared her recent photograph with Alt News.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-70049 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-06-27-at-4.49.08-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"977\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-06-27-at-4.49.08-PM.jpeg 977w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-06-27-at-4.49.08-PM-229x300.jpeg 229w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-06-27-at-4.49.08-PM-782x1024.jpeg 782w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-06-27-at-4.49.08-PM-768x1006.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 977px) 100vw, 977px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A false claim that Revathi from Karnataka placed third in UPSC examination is, therefore, circulating since 2017. The truth of the matter is that she was selected as a sub-inspector in AP police examination in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two photographs are viral on social media with the claim that a woman named Revathi who hails from a poor family of daily wage earners in Karnataka was placed third in UPSC examination. The message adds that she was selected for IAS. 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