Meerut, Aug. 5 -- After an FIR was filed against Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Farhad Alam Gada in Saharanpur district for allegedly teaching children a "politicised" version of the English alphabet, SP national president Akhilesh Yadav accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of being "anti-education."

The complaint, filed by Main Singh of Kallarpur Gurjar village at Kotwali Dehat police station, alleged that Farhad Gada had been conducting informal lessons at a so-called "PDA Pathshala" set up at his home in Ramnagar.

The controversy erupted after a video of one such class surfaced on social media. In the footage, schoolchildren-wearing uniforms and reportedly from a private school-were seen being taught alternative alphabet asso...