Online education firm Unacademy has fired a teacher who had urged students to vote for “educated candidates” in elections.
Unacademy co-founder Roman Saini said that Karan Sangwan had violated the company’s code of conduct, which is meant to provide unbiased knowledge to students.
“The classroom is not a place to share personal opinions and views as they can wrongly influence them,” Saini said. “In the current situation, we were forced to part ways with Karan Sangwan as he was in breach of the Code of Conduct.”
Sangwan had made the remarks while discussing bills introduced in the Lok Sabha to replace the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and Indian Evidence Act.
“I also wondered if I should laugh or cry, because I also have many bare Acts…and notes that we had prepared,” he said. “But remember one thing – the next time you vote, choose an educated candidate so that you do not have to suffer all this again in life…do not vote for someone who only knows how to change names.”
Sangwan did not name any political leader in the video. However, several social media users alleged that his statement implied that citizens should not vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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