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Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) person Anbumani connected Thursday (February 12, 2026) urged the Tamil Nadu authorities to see the slew of demands including an summation successful monthly salary, enactment distant by guest lecturers moving successful authorities arts and subject colleges successful Tamil Nadu.
In a statement, helium said implicit 9,000 impermanent lecturers were moving successful 180 authorities arts and subject colleges. They person been staging protests successful assorted parts of the State for the past 4 days. Their demands see a hike successful monthly wage arsenic recommended by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and an summation successful status benefits up to ₹25 lakh.
He besides condemned the Tamil Nadu authorities for not initiating talks with the protesters to find an amicable solution. Referring to provisions successful aggregate tribunal orders passed regarding the matter, helium said the DMK authorities had failed to instrumentality those orders, peculiarly those related to summation successful wages.
He contended the salaries of impermanent lecturers successful immoderate States were higher than those successful Tamil Nadu, which, according to him, provides the least. He urged the State authorities to see fulfilling the demands of impermanent lecturers astatine the earliest.
