SRMU members with wearing black shirts staged a demonstration at Erode railway station to press the following demands: privatization of the Coimbatore-Shirdi express train, decision to privatize high-speed trains across the country, sale of Delhi-Nepal train to IRCTC in the name of Ramayana Yatra, decision to sell 100 express trains to the private sector should be dropped immediately. It was led by union leaders Vinod Kumar, Dharmaraj, Munichand Meena and Prakash took the lead. During the demonstration, slogans were raised condemning the privatization of railway.