Members of the Periyar University Employees' Union (PUEU) and the Periyar University Teachers Association (PUTA) staged a demonstration on the university premises against vice-chancellor R Jagannathan for not placing the registrar K Thangavel under suspension despite being instructed twice by the higher education department secretary A Karthik.
A ruckus happened in the presence of Rajasthan Education Minister B.D. Kalla at the State Level Teacher Award Ceremony organised in Jaipur on the occasion of Teachers' Day.During Kalla's address, Amin Kayamkhani, president of the Urdu Teachers .