Karthikeya Sivasenapathy, DMK’s Environment Wing Secretary who is known for peddling half-truths and lies had recently posted about BJP Tamil Nadu President K. Annamalai attributing his achievements to reservation, DMK, Karunanidhi, and what not.
The DMK leader in his post said that Annamalai could become an engineer becauase of DMK and its late patriarch Karunanidhi saying that Mr. Annamalai’s community was given backward class status in 1974 by the DMK.
He further added that Annamalai got admission in IIM Lucknow due to the reservation policy that came in force through the Mandal Commission.
His success in the prestigious civil service examination was also attributed to DMK and Karunanidhi.
“Dravidian ideology helped a agrarian farming community to become a IPS officer. What did BJP do ? It made him graze sheep again?”, the DMK leader had posted.
UPSC victory using the kongu velllalar backward class again gift of Kalaignar and dmk.
Dravidian ideology helped a agrarian farming community to become a IPS officer 👮♀️. What did BJP do ? It made him graze sheep 🐑 again ? What do we want ? @mkstalin
— Karthikeya Sivasenapathy (@ksivasenapathy) August 17, 2022
However, records reveal that Mr. Annamalai had obtained his credentials through merit and not through quota.
Annamalai had passed the civil services examination in the year 2011. According to the results accessed from Union Public Service Commission’s website by a Twitter user, the cut-off for general category for the Civil Service Mains exam conducted in 2010 was 904 for a grand total of 2000. Mr. Annamalai’s score was 970 out of 2000.
Adding the marks secured in the interview, Annamalai had scored 1183/2300 while the general category cut-off was 1134.
In the UPSC exams, if a reserved candidate avails any one of the relaxations for the reserved category at any stage of the exam, he/she would be eligible only for a reserved category seat.
Mr. Annamalai had breached the general category cut-off in the prelims as well. He succeeded without availing any of the relaxations for the reserved candidates and secured an unreserved seat.
DMK's Karthikeya Sivasenapathy claims that @annamalai_k cracked UPSC (CSE 2010) because of reservation. FALSE.
UPSC CSE 2010-
General Category cut-off (Mains): 904/2000.
Mr. Annamalai: 970/2000.General Category cut-off (Mains+Interview): 1134/2300.
Mr. Annamalai: 1180/2300. https://t.co/MzlydpxCx7 pic.twitter.com/KUh0RLOU6P— The Common Swadeshi (@CommonSwadeshi) August 17, 2022
This is not the first time that the DMK leader who is also a self-proclaimed environmentalist has resorted to peddling false information.
Earlier, Sivasenapathy had peddled outright lies about Tamil Nadu’s economy attributing the growth of the state to DMK regime.
The Commune has reached out to Mr. Annamalai regarding his CAT score and his selection to the IIM. The article will be updated once we receive the information.
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