VADODARA: A prominent city-based school has run into trouble after its teacher made objectionable remarks about Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru while conducting a class. Videos of the class went viral sparking a controversy.
The teacher who teaches class 9 students made the remarks while taking a social studies class. While the date of the video is not known, he is seen wearing a mask hinting that the content cannot be very old.
The teacher made a series of comments which clearly were not linked with the syllabus. In the three short videos, the teacher is heard saying that Gandhi was sad with the Chauri Chaura massacre as Britishers had died. The teacher commented that any number of Indians could have died, but Britishers should not have died.
The teacher even claimed that while Gandhi promoted Swadeshi, Nehru was fond of Videshi. He even alleged that Nehru used to smoke imported cigarettes and a special plane was sent to fetch them after he became the PM. The teacher even said that children of his family used to have parties inside aircraft. He says that leaders from Congress claimed they were from poor families. “What poor families?” he was heard questioning.
The city unit of the Congress has taken up the issue and will be submitting a memorandum to the collector. “We will also file a police complaint and approach the police commissioner,” said city unit president, Prashant Patel.
Jagdish Nimavat, who runs the school that is amongst the leading concept schools in the city, said that a notice had been issued to the teacher. “He has been asked to submit an explanation. We do not support such activities,” he said. The school was also going to issue a statement which is awaited.
