Bengaluru school teacher dismissed for equating Yeddyurappa, Kumaraswamy to earthworm in question paper
The school principal reportedly clarified that the question paper did not intend to promote or support any political party.
FollowBengaluru: A faculty member of Mount Carmel English High School in Bengaluru was fired after a question paper for class 8 students asked if a farmer's friend was an earthworm or chief minister HD Kumaraswamy or BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa, an official said on Thursday.
Speaking to reporters, the school principal Raghavendra said, "The faculty member responsible for setting the question paper was dismissed from the post."
The question, which was reportedly asked in the annual examination paper for the Kannada language of class 8 students, went viral on social media for its political tone.
It was included in the examination without the knowledge of the administration, the principal added.
In the southern state, BJP state president Yeddyurappa calls himself a ‘Raitha Bandhu’ (farmers' friend), while Kumaraswamy has often referred to himself as the farmers' leader, as a means to woo the state's farming community.
Kumaraswamy's party, Janata Dal-Secular (JD(S)), also depicts a female farmer on its green flag (symbolic of fields and the farming community).
The question in the examination, however, did not intend to promote any political party or ideology, the school administration asserted.
