India, Oct. 22 -- Government employees and pensioners from several departments joined the two-day mass leave protest in Ludhiana on Wednesday, holding demonstrations outside the deputy commissioner's office to force action on unresolved demands. The agitation will continue on Thursday, October 22.

Members of the DC Office Employees Union, employee and pensioner associations, the Democratic Teachers Front, PSPCL and health workers participated in the protest under the banner of the Joint Action Committee Punjab.

The protesters raised slogans against the state government over unresolved issues concerning salaries, pensions and service conditions.

The unions are demanding restoration of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), release of pending dea...