DMK Chief MK Stalin spreads Fake News about Kendriya Vidyalaya

A school question paper has been widely circulated on the Internet claiming to be questions asked in Kendriya Vidyalaya's textbook.

Two multiple-choice questions caused much consternation.

Question no. 17 read: “What do you mean by Dalit?” and choices for answers were: (A) Foreigners (B) Untouchables (C) Middle Class (D) Upper class. Question no. 18 read: “What is the common stereotype about Muslims?” and choices for answers were: (A) They don’t send their girls to school (B) They are pure vegetarian (C) They do not sleep at all at the time of Roza (D) All of them.

The Deputy Commissioner of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan in the city said he checked with the schools and none had asked such questions. He said it could be any school that uses the NCERT textbook, as reported by The Hindu.

After the explaination given by Kendriya Vidyalaya, DMK leader MK Stalin mentioned in his tweet that the 6th standard questionnaire in Kendriya Vidyalaya schools propagate caste discrimination.

He tweeted, "Shocked and appalled to see that a Class 6 Kendriya Vidyalaya exam contains questions that propagate caste discrimination and communal division.

Those who are responsible for drafting this Question Paper must be prosecuted under appropriate provisions of law."

However, Political analysts, Politicians and many other Twitteraties started exposing the Fake News tweeted by MK Stalin.