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“In Karnataka, a Hindu woman was appointed as the principal of a government school, but the Christian staff did not allow her to sit in the principal’s chair.”
Social media posts Claim dated 7 Jul 2024.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

The visuals in the viral video show an incident that occurred on 02 July 2024, at Bishop Johnson Girls School in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. There is no communal angle involved in this incident. Both the removed principal and the new principal are Christians. According to reports, the woman who was forcibly removed from her seat is Parul Solomon. She was removed from the post of principal in February 2024 on charges of being involved in the UPPSC’s RO-ARO paper leak case. After her dismissal, S...

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In short

This claim spread on social media around 7 July 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 11 July 2024, 4 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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