Overview
- The Secondary Grade Seniority Teachers’ Association led sit-ins and marches across central Chennai, with police halting a procession near Ezhilagam on Kamarajar Salai.
- The Hindu reported more than 1,000 teachers detained on Monday after forcible removals, with two injured and traffic halted for about an hour.
- News Today reported clashes during a march on Marina–Kamarajar Road, several dozen detentions and a teacher fainting during the confrontation.
- Teachers say those appointed before June 1, 2009 earn a basic pay of ₹8,370 versus ₹5,200 for later recruits, a gap that compounds through allowances.
- Opposition leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami criticized the arrests and accused the ruling DMK of failing to honor its 2021 manifesto promise on pay parity.