Unacademy teacher sacked: What led to the controversy

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Online learning platform Unacademy sacked a teacher, Karan Sangwan, who appealed to students to vote for educated candidates..

A video of a tutor from the online tutoring platform Unacademy went viral..

Decide properly, Karan Sangwan, an educator with the online tutoring platform Unacademy, urged his students as he discussed the recent bills moved by the government to overhaul the criminal justice system in the country...

A video of these comments went viral on social media, leading to a controversy following which the e-learning platform sacked Sangawan alleging breach of contract...

In the current situation, we were forced to part ways with Karan Sangwan as he was in breach of the Code of Conduct," Saini said.. Sangwan responded to the controversy and said his students preparing for Judicial Service examinations are facing a lot of consequences...

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