Part-Time Teacher's Suicide Highlights Wage Protests and Government Response in Tamil Nadu

Kannan, a part-time Physical Education teacher in Tamil Nadu, died by suicide after consuming poison amid ongoing protests demanding wage regularisation and service regularisation. Opposition parties blamed the ruling DMK government for unfulfilled promises and protest repression. The government recently agreed to raise part-time teachers' wages from Rs 12,500 to Rs 15,000 and provide a May bonus, citing funding delays from the central government as a challenge in fully meeting demands.