Chandigarh, May 1 -- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announced a 15 per cent hike in the minimum daily wages for workers in both government and non-government sectors on the occassion of Labour Day on May 1.

This marks the first increase in workers' wages since 2013, said Mann on Friday during a one-day special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha.

"It is labourers' day, so labourers should certainly get a present," Mann told ANI after the proceedings of the 16th Punjab Legislative Assembly.

Earlier in the day there was high drama in the Punjab Assembly with a heated confrontation breaking out out between the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the opposition Congress over a demand for an alcohol test on Mann. They claimed that Mann app...