Kejriwal, Priyanka Chaturvedi slams Unacademy for sacking teacher over ‘vote for educated’ remark

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Karan Sangwan had during one of his lessons urged his students not to elected uneducated people in position of power. The remark came after Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced three new bills in the Lok Sabha during the Mosoon session of the parliament. Shah had said that the three bill will replace the British-era criminal laws of IPC, CrPC, and Indian Evidence Act.

A video that had gone viral on microblogging platform ‘X’, showed Karan Sangwan lamenting that he had to change his notes, and work owing to the three bills. Now, Unacademy sacked this educator and issued a statement saying it does not allow teachers to share their personal opinions in the classroom as it can be disruptive to learning. The sacking of Mr Sangwan triggered condemnation from academicians and the general public alike, with "#UninstallUnacademy" trending on ‘X’.

The act by Unacademy also was condemned by politicians like Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, and Maharashtra Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi. Chaturvedi lashed out at the edtech platform for sacking Karan Sangwan describing the move as “shame" as his opinion would “positively influence young minds". “How does saying vote for literate politicians a biased opinion? Doesn’t that opinion positively influence young minds? Shame if merely expressing this view gets you to take someone’s job, Unacademy." “Don’t understand why everyone felt Karan Sangwan, the professor’s opinion on educated leaders was about Mr.

Supreme. Repeat of Kajol level trolling, but here it cost him his job," she added. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said, "Is it a crime to appeal to educated people to vote? If someone is illiterate, personally I respect him.