India, Aug. 11 -- A day after a school teacher was suspended over a controversial question on right-wing ideologue VD Savarkar in a quiz competition, the BJP on Monday alleged that the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), whose minister is in charge of the education department, is "misusing power to punish teachers who teach historical facts."

Guru Prasad, a teacher at a government upper primary school in Kerala's Kasaragod district, faced departmental action over a question he prepared on Savarkar in a 'freedom quiz' for school students at the sub-district level. The question was 'who is the freedom fighter who received the most punishment at the hands of the British?'. The answer provided in the answer key was Veer Savarkar. The inquiry ...