Following the transfer of Royal College Principal Upali Gunasekara from his post, his supporters have started a campaign to prevent it from being implemented.

Informed sources told Asian Mirror that one of his daughters have sent messages to her friends asking them to complain to the President directly.

"There has been an order give to remove my father from royal. Please call 1919 thats presidental hotline, and complain about it and ask the president to take an action against it. And please spread the word if you can. Tell as much as people you can to call and complain. There has been no inquiry done whatsoever regarding to this and there is no base for the accusations", she has said through her message last evening.

Meanwhile, a petition campaign has been launched this morning at the Royal College premises, to influence the Education Minister to revert his decision.

A Royal College teacher told Asian Mirror that a petition has been kept along with the teachers' attendance book for them to sign when they arrive early this morning.

The teachers are left with no alternative but to sign the document, another teacher said.