Over 100 employees, including teaching faculty members, from government colleges of Tiruchi and Thanjavur, which were previously constituent colleges of the Bharathidasan University, picketed the Vice-Chancellor’s office on Thursday demanding disbursement of salary dues pending for five months.
The protest was withdrawn after the university Registrar assured action within the next couple of weeks.
The protesters alleged that the university and the State government were unsympathetic towards them as both were unwilling to bear the financial burden, leaving them with no salary since November 2023.
