Teacher suspended for anti-govt post on Facebook in Karnataka

Block Education Officer L Jayappa issued an order suspending teacher Shantamurthy M G of Kanubenahalli of the taluk for posting a defamatory post against the government on his Facebook account in Karnataka.

While Siddaramaiah was taking the oath of office, teacher Shantamurthy posted on his Facebook account that during the S M Krishna tenure, the government had a loan of Rs 3,590 crore, it was Rs 15,635 crore during the Dharam Singh government, Rs 3,545 crore during the H D Kumaraswamy government, Rs 25,653 crore during the B S Yediyurappa government, Rs 9,464 crore during the Sadananda Gowda government, Rs 13,464 crore during the Shettar and Rs 2,42,000 crore during the Siddaramaiah government.