Mumbai school fires principal over pro-Palestine post

A school in Mumbai has created a controversary by terminating services of the principal, Parveen Shaikh, over a social media post on supporting Palestine. The management alleged that the pro-Palestine content posted on Shaikh's personal account was against the values and principles of the school.

Somaiya School management released a statement saying that Shaikh's social media activities were at odds with the school’s principles of unity and inclusivity.

Shaikh opposed the decision and called it 'wrongful and unjust'.

"I was shocked to know the news of my termination from social media even before receiving a termination notice from the management," Shaikh told NDTV.

"The termination notice is completely illegal and based on defamatory lies peddled against me," she added.

"My work as a school principal has been exceptional and my termination for such a reason is wrongful and unjust. I am disappointed that despite my hard work, dedication and sincere contribution to the school's growth over 12 years, the management chose not to stand by me in the face of this vitriolic public vilification campaign run against me, and instead fell prey to it and took this drastic and unwarranted action," Shaikh said.

She alleged that the action taken by the institution is politically motivated.

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