Police in Yamunanagar used force to disperse protesting guest teachers who were demanding the regularisation of their services. The teachers attempted to gherao the residence of the Haryana Education Minister without permission. The Guest Teachers Association claimed that 20 teachers were injured in the police action, including their state president who had to be hospitalized. Congress leaders Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Randeep Singh Surjewala condemned the police's actions, calling it a violation of democratic norms.