Fact Check: Man in viral post is not Rajesh Tiwari who ‘failed UPSC’, but a Bangladeshi influencer

A social media post has gone viral, claiming that a 29-year-old man from Lucknow failed the UPSC exams due to the reservation system. India Today's Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found the claim to be false.

A social media post is going viral with a claim that 29-year-old Rajesh Tiwari, a civil service aspirant from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, who despite scoring 643 in UPSC Civil Service exam, has “failed” because the “cut off for General Category was 689 this year”. The post is accompanied by a picture of a man crying, holding a file in his hand. The post goes on to criticise the reservation system in the country saying “for SC/ST it was 601. So according to this the one who have got 601 will become our next bureaucrat (sic).” A verified Facebook user has also posted the same and the post can be seen here. India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) found that the claim is false and the man in the photo is not Rajesh Tiwari but Sayeed Rimon, a Bangladeshi social media influencer. The photo was clicked as part of an unemployment campaign.