Chennai School Calls Protesting Farmers' 'Violent Maniacs'

Chennai: A school in Chennai have become much talked about on social media after their Class X question paper went viral.

According to reports, referring to farmers who protested against the farm laws during the Republic Day tractor rally as 'violent maniacs' in its question paper.

The phrase was used when the school management asked the students to draft a "letter to an editor", as part of the English Language and Literature paper in the second revision exams held at DAV Boys school.

Drafted under section B of the exam paper, the question read: "The diabolical violence that broke out in the national capital on Republic Day filled the hearts of the citizens with condemnation and abhorrence after the farm law protesters went on a rampage destroying public property and attacking police personnel in broad daylight. Write a letter to the Editor of a daily newspaper in your city, condemning such terrible, violent acts of miscreants who fail to realise that country comes before personal needs and gains. Destroying public property, disgracing the national flag, and attacking police personnel are few of the various illegal offences committed, that can never be justified for any reason whatsoever."

The question further asked students to "suggest few measures to thwart such violent maniacs who act under external instigation."

Meanwhile, a spokesperson on campus said that the management had instructed them on Friday noon, after the paper got leaked, to "not allow any person, who was not a student, into the campus."

Sharing this on the micro-blogging site on Twitter Chennai-based activist TM Krishna tweeted that "the incident and the much larger farm bills issue are still being discussed but here it is called 'violent maniacs under external instigation'."

It is to be mentioned here, many students wanted to go off the record and stay anonymous as they feared that the school would punish them for speaking on the subject.

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