No, CM Yogi Adityanath Hasn't Declared Re-Exams For Police Recruitment Exam

This is an old video where CM Yogi Adityanath spoke about a re-exam for the state's Teacher Eligibility Test in 2021

A video showing Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath talking about rescheduling an examination is going viral on social media.

What's the claim?: The claim links the viral video with the recently conducted police constable recruitment exam that were held on 17 and 18 February.

• It was alleged that the papers for this exam were leaked beforehand.

(Archives of similar claims can be seen here and here.)

What's the truth?: This is an old video where CM Yogi Adityanath is talking about a re-examination of Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (UPTET) which was leaked in 2021.

• This video is unrelated to the recently conducted police constable recruitment exam.

How did we find out the truth?: We noticed Aaj Tak's logo on the viral video and performed a reverse image search along with some relevant keywords.

• This led us to an old YouTube video shared by Aaj Tak. on 28 November 2021.

• The viral video starts at 0:12 timestamp in this longer version.

• The description of the video states that Adityanath is talking about the leak of Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (UPTET) papers.

• He also specifies about UPTET paper leak in his speech.

• According to a report by Quint Hindi, the UPTET 2021 exam was cancelled due to an alleged paper leak which was scheduled to be held on 28 November 2021.

• CM Adityanath also took to X (formerly Twitter) to clarify that a re-examination was to be scheduled in one month.

UPTET के अभ्यर्थियों के साथ प्रदेश सरकार खड़ी है।

01 माह के अंदर पारदर्शी तरीके से पुनः परीक्षा आयोजित होगी।

किसी भी अभ्यर्थी से कोई अतिरिक्त शुल्क नहीं लिया जाएगा।

परीक्षा देने वाले अभ्यर्थियों को आने-जाने हेतु @UPSRTCHQ की बसों में निःशुल्क यात्रा की सुविधा दी जाएगी।

— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) November 28, 2021

About the recent exams: The Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board (UPPBPB) has shared on their official X account that there is no irregularity and that exams are proceeding "safely and smoothly".

प्रारंभिक जांच में पाया गया कि अराजक तत्वों द्वारा ठगी के लिए Telegram की Edit सुविधा का प्रयोग कर सोशल मीडिया पर पेपर लीक संबंधी भ्रम फैलाया जा रहा है।बोर्ड एवं @Uppolice इन प्रकरणों की निगरानी के साथ इनके सोर्स की गहन जांच कर रहा है।
परीक्षा सुरक्षित एवं सुचारू रूप से जारी है।

— Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment & Promotion Board (@upprpb) February 18, 2024

Conclusion: An old video of CM Yogi Adityanath is being falsely linked to the recently conducted police constable recruitment exam.

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