Poorva Choudhary, Social Media Influencer With UPSC Rank 533, Under Scrutiny For OBC-NCL Certificate Issue
Poorva Choudhary, the part-time social media influencer, made headlines after clearing UPSC CSE 2024 with an AIR 533. Her success story was shared by her sister, Navya Saharan, who is a television artist in Mumbai. After her success story went viral, netizens praised Poorva by using the metaphor ‘beauty with a brain’. Navya, while sharing an Instagram video, expressed her happiness and wrote, Cleared UPSC… while serving this face card”.
However, questions started being raised once a Reddit user suspected fraud in obtaining the OBC – Non-Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL) certificate by Ms. Choudhary.
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The Reddit user flagged the suspicion of the fraudulent status of her OBC-NCL certificate based on her verified social media account showing an extremely lavish lifestyle. The user mentioned filing a formal public complaint and asked for an investigation into whether she submitted a valid certificate and disclosed correct income details.
The complainant said that her lifestyle which includes luxury goods worth lakhs, multiple international vacations, and a lifestyle is visibly inconsistent with the OBC-NCL income criteria of family income under Rs 8 lakh per annum excluding agriculture income.
As per the reports, Poorva’s father is the current ADM in Kotputli and was promoted to the post after 45 years of age which makes her eligible to apply for the OBC-NCL certificate. However, it is alleged that her lifestyle does not align with the given income criteria to obtain the reservation quota to appear in the entrance examination.
Also, Poorva’s sister when shared the post about announcing her success tagged poorva on the instagram but now Poorva’s account is not available on the social media and alleged to be deactivated or deleted. Netizens are raising concerns about the falsification of information in obtaining the certificate to get the reservation.
