Unacademy has sacked a teacher, Karan Sangwan, who had in a video appealed to students to vote for educated candidates the next time.

Sangwan has started his own YouTube channel and announced that he will post details about the controversy on August 19. He said he and many of his students, who are preparing for judicial service examinations, were facing “consequences” because of the video that has gone viral.

Unacademy co-founder Roman Saini said in a tweet that the education platform is committed to imparting quality education.

“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,” Saini said.