Unacademy has terminated the employment of teacher Karan Sangwan for encouraging students to vote for educated candidates. The edtech company stated that the classroom is not an appropriate platform to express personal opinions.
Although Sangwan did not explicitly mention any political leader in the
video, some individuals on social media interpreted his remarks as
suggesting that people should refrain from voting for the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP).
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal commented on the matter, questioning whether advocating for educated candidates is considered a wrongdoing.
Unacademy's co-founder Roman Saini explained that Mr. Sangwan violated his contract, leading to the decision to separate from him.
Mr Sangwan has started his own YouTube channel and announced that he will post details around the controversy on August 19.
BJP trolls started supporting Unacademy's decision and started criticizing Sangwan on social media. Propaganda handles targeted Sangwan and threatening him.
BJP IT Cell is now trying to justify Unacademy's decision. But in trying to do that all of them once again proved Sangwan's point about education being important. Check spelling of “Unacademy” in their tweets.
"From the past few days a video has been going viral due to which I am in controversy and because of that controversy my several students who are preparing for judicial services examinations are facing a lot of consequences. Along with them I have to also face consequences," Mr Sangwan said.
"To do this we have in place a strict Code of Conduct for all our educators with the intention of ensuring that our learners have access to unbiased knowledge. Our learners are at the centre of everything we do. The classroom is not a place to share personal opinions and views as they can wrongly influence them. In the current situation, we were forced to part ways with Karan Sangwan as he was in breach of the Code of Conduct," Unacademy co-founder Roman Saini said.
Roman Saini is a avid BJP and Modi supporter.
"Is it a crime to appeal to vote for educated people? If someone is illiterate, personally I respect them. But public representatives cannot be illiterate. This is the era of science and technology. Illiterate public representatives can never build the modern India of 21st century.”, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal posted on X.
Y Sathish Reddy, chairman of Telangana State Renewable Energy Development Corporation, also posted on X, "With all due respect to #Unacademy, it is highly inappropriate to suspend a teacher who simply requested not to vote for illiterates. They are liable for a proper explanation! #UninstallUnacademy."
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