Kerala teacher suspended over controversial Savarkar question in ‘Freedom Quiz’ in school
Director of General Education directs Deputy Director of Education, Kasaragod, to initiate departmental disciplinary proceedings against the teacher and conduct a detailed inquiry into the matter
Kerala's General Education department has suspended a teacher involved in preparing a question for a school quiz that labeled Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ideologue V.D. Savarkar as the freedom fighter who faced the "most punishment" from the British. The controversial incident occurred during the 'Freedom Quiz 2026' conducted by the Social Science Club in Kasaragod, Kumbla and Manjeswaram educational sub-districts on August 6, 2026.
The suspension of Guru Prasad, a teacher at A.U.P.S. Pallathadukka under Kumbla, comes after a departmental inquiry found the question to be "very serious" as it could spread a misleading impression. The Leader of the Opposition, Pinarayi Vijayan, accused the Congress-led United Democratic Front government of giving space to the RSS to influence young minds through a divisive nationalist ideology.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) accused the government of allowing a politically loaded question that whitewashed Savarkar's role in the freedom struggle and failing to prevent the Sangh Parivar's attempts to rewrite the history of the freedom movement from a Hindu majoritarian perspective.
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