Renowned academic Dr. Rajan Hoole has questioned the conduct of the Jaffna University Vice Chancellor in allowing for the students to mobilize for an 'extremist' rally in the campus, the New Indian Express said.

Speaking to the Chennai-based newspaper, Hoole has questioned as to how the Vice Chancellor allowed student mobilization for the extremist “Ezhga Tamizh” rally in the campus when she had disallowed a meeting to commemorate the human rights worker Dr. Rajini Thiranagama.

The "Ezhga Tamizh" or "Tamil People Arise" protest was organized by the Tamil People's Council led by Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran. Even the pro-LTTE TamilNat backed the protest, naming it an 'uprising.'

However, observers some observers have pointed out that the protest was actually a part of the 'cold war' between Wigneswaran and the TNA leadership and not driven by a true need for Tamil people's rights.